17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
6:17 p.m.
Apple computer is dead, for all intents and purposes. It will be "officially" dead (bankrupt) within a couple of years. Writing any sort of software for the Mac - crypto or otherwise - is a waste of time.
Considering the fact that exactly this sort of advice has been offerred and has been wrong for over a decade, why should this oracular statement be any more accurate? Note that there is excellent crypto software available for the Mac (CryptDisk, PGPFone, and MacPGP for example). Vinnie's effort is a welcome attempt to arrange the "plumbing" so that crypto software is even more accessible on the most accessible OS. Sniping from the cheap seats is the last thing he should have to endure.