Dear Bill Geiger, My first reacation to your followup letter was getting more upset, and I almost replied with another mad letter. But then I decided to better myself and see who I'm dealing with. I've looked at your web site, and looks like you might be a nice person. So, I tried to figure out the reason for the previous vicious letter that was completely unjustified and the following attacks you placed. I'll take it from the point that you might not know all the facts and explain. If that's not enough, I'm sorry. 1) The million dollars challenge is no longer valid for the last 3 months. 2) The current challenge bares NO monetary prize. 3) VME flowcharts, algorithm AND a working application is in the hands of 250 software companies for evaluation (Microsoft, IBM etc.) 4) We can not put it on the net, due to strict US export rules (as you mention in your web site as well) 5) Our program, flowcharts & algorithm have been filed with the US patent office and will be public domain within a year. If that helps explain our part, I'm glad. And if not, it's o.k. - it's a free country and everybody is entitled to their own mind. It's just feel sheety to be attacked by strangers that knows nothing about you, specially people that you might think should have some interest in keeping the individual right to privacy from government and te likes. We started this challenge with some goals in mind, but fighting with a group of cryptographers was not one of them. If anyone wants more technical data, we'll be glad to submit what we can under the circumstances, if someone wants to keep of flaming us, it's o.k. - but we won't respond anymore. Thanks, Project Management. At 09:17 AM 11/11/97 -0600, you wrote:
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In <3.0.32.19971110100935.006d91b0@ibcnet.com>, on 11/10/97 at 01:09 PM, VME Encryption <matrix@meganet.com> said:
I rest my case. Please email me your mailing address for the purpose of serving and we'll meet in court.
Serve whatever you want, I will be glad to forward them to my lawyers.
Just out of curiosity do you threaten to sue everyone who says somthing you don't like??
BTW: you should keep posting *publicly* I showed the thread from the CP-List and sci.crypt to my lawyers yesterday. They laughed so hard they bought me free drinks at the clubhouse. Who knows a few more posts from you and I may be able to get a steak dinner out of them. :)
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