Personally, I find the PGP 2.6 announcement to be based on an extremely flawed premise.
PGP 2.3a and earlier were not American software -- they were written and produced overseas and were IMPORTED into the U.S.
They infringe on no patents or copyrights when used overseas.
Well, I have lots of correspondants overseas, using perfectly legal software. They cannot legally use PGP 2.6 -- it isn't exportable.
Therefore, this idiocy will act to cut me off from my overseas correspondants. I will not be able to use the current version of PGP and still communicate with them. I will therefore be forced to use older versions -- probably repeatedly patched versions of 2.5.
Personally, I can't see any compelling reason, save legality, for domestic or international users of PGP to upgrade beyond 2.3a. This whole PGP 2.5/2.6 fiasco is ridiculous. - paul