On 1 Dec 1997 21:30:35 -0600, steve <xxxxxx@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
"Network Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETA, commencing Dec. 2), formerly McAfee Associates (Nasdaq: MCAF), announced today that it has a signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. (PGP)."
Varous Questions, comments rants, etc.:
Does anyone know how this will affect PGP's: security, commitment to no-GAK, Founder (P. Zimmerman), the continuation of the PGP product line?
I heard that McAfee's PCCrypto product will still be sold by NETA as a retail product, (are they considering incorperating the 2 together and just using PGP's team for R&D?)
steve
Even more basic questions: Will NETA release source code? Will they continue to develop freeware versions of PGP? What conections does NETA have to S/MIME? What happens to licensing of things like PGPsdk and the freeware versions of PGP? Will PGP be seen as a "dead-end" product by potential new users. What will happen to Open-PGP email encryption standard? This is not good. -- Phelix