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To: DJessen33 who wrote (56666)	4/20/1999 10:59:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

DJ, I kind of like Network Associates. Yes, I hated Mcafee when it was soaring, but now it looks like reasonable value. They have earnings, they sell for a decent pe ratio, and they provide needed services in a growing but competitive area.

To: DJessen33 who wrote (56666)	4/20/1999 11:31:00 AM
From: HB	Respond to of 132070

I like the fact that they own PGP (probably the most widely used personal cryptography package), but they've been too pricey for me the times I've checked 'em out. Thanks for the heads up. (US-resident US citizens interested in a free version of PGP can get it from: web.mit.edu PGP probably carries a lot of goodwill as one of the oldest, best-established crypto packages, but making money off this goodwill will probably require continued loosening of export restrictions, which have been loosening but probably not to the degree required... crypto which smoothly integrates with widely-used email systems, or even operating systems (which I would imagine would require rather close integration with the OS to make really secure, as OS's tend to make copies and caches of stuff all over the place) could make some dough... anyway it's a good sign of their smarts that NETA acquired this. Will put on the watchlist for the summer sale season. Cheers, HB