Re: Analysis of proposed UK ban on use of non-escrowed crypto.

"Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> writes:

(I could go on and cite dozens of examples. Did ASCII need the "force of law" to make it a better standard? Did the government have to certify, license, and regulate the makers of various implmentations of computer languages? And so on.)

Bad example, Timmy. I used to hang out with the standards people and yes, a lot of government purchases (both US and non-US) are mandated to comply with ANSI and ISO standards, which is why vendors push so hard to have their implementation declared the standard. Yes, U.S.Gov't does buy certified ANSI C, Fortran, etc compilers, not to mention ADA. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps