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Gold/Mining/Energy : Certicom Corporation (TSE:CIC, NASD:CERT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom Drolet who wrote (3725)	8/19/2000 5:27:07 PM
From: Ron Schier	Respond to of 4913

I have been picking up a small amounts of ENTU stock over the last week. So, far I think it could be trouble ... it's still falling. ENTU is way out of favour with the big funds and brokerage houses ; likely for a couple quarters or longer. In August 7th eWEEK mag.(was PCWeek), there is a front page story on " PKI still mired in pilot mode " .. two years ago it(PKI) was the most promising security technology; but is now in danger of becoming 'forever pilotware' zdnet.com zdnet.com Ron

To: Tom Drolet who wrote (3725)	8/20/2000 11:45:12 AM
From: caly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4913

Hi Tom and everyone, This is nothing having to do with CIC, but I thought it was a very interesting article. A couple of years ago, this company called TriStrata was formed that claimed to have a breakthrough security/encryption technology. I remember all the fanfare well as there were articles all over the place. I talked to a cryptographer about their product, and he dismissed it immediately, so I didn't give it another thought. Other than Schneier blasting their tech on his website, I haven't heard a thing about them since then. I just stumbled across this fascinating article about them and the big VC firm that invested in them. It's basically the anatomy of a bad investment, and how the VC firm came to make it. It's long, but I thought it might be an interesting read for a Sunday evening. : ) fortune.com