Lucky Green wrote:
On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
At 1:43 PM -0500 10/9/96, Paul Robichaux wrote:
When you buy Que's current Netscape book (_Special Edition, Using Netscape 3_), the included CD has the US-only, 128-bit, non-export version of Navigator on it. It's a licensed copy, even! (Of course, the book also has a small yellow "NOT FOR EXPORT" tag on the back cover, but who's counting?)
For $49, getting a licensed copy of the 128-bit Navigator 3.0 plus a 1000+ page book is a pretty good deal. My hat's off to Netscape for choosing to put the 128-bit version on the CD, and to Macmillan/Que for bothering to get the software in the first place. I really do believe that Netscape wants to get secure software out as widely as possible. Egghead has 128 bit Navigator 3.0 on sale for $29. You heard me right. The clerk at Egghead, speaking broken English, failed to ask me for my passport.
The version of Navigator sold in retail stores in the US has been the strong 128-bit version for a year now. The first production run was the export version (even though the box said "not for export") because the marketing people didn't think it mattered. Once I educated them, the right thing happened. --Jeff -- Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist Netscape Communication Corporation jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw Any opinions expressed above are mine.