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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (2222)	3/24/1998 1:24:00 PM
From: Wigglesworth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6021

<<I just hope the end-run around the US gov't doesn't get us into trouble.>> Sun used a similar maneuver and didn't get hurt. I wouldn't overestimate the US Gov't :-) A few days ago I also posted an article which stated that McAffee's antigerm software is 2nd best selling after Microsoft's Windows 95. Them didn't write '2nd best stuffing'. Sun had planned to ship an OEM version of Secure Virtual Private Network for Windows developed by Moscow-based ElvisPlus last August, but got mired in bureaucratic red tape. The Commerce Department -- the agency that approves encryption export licenses -- launched an investigation to determine if Sun's moves were legal, an investigation that Sun officials say is almost completed. "Our plans haven't fundamentally changed. As we approached the shipping date, the Commerce Department wanted to take a look [at the product and Sun's plans] and we cooperated," said Steve Borcich, director of network security products. The government determined that Sun has done nothing wrong and the deal with Elvis is a "clean license," Borcich said. After the investigation is finished, Sun will make the business decision of whether to sell the product through Sun channels overseas, he added.