Brian B. Riley wrote:

On 11/22/97 10:39 PM, Tim May (tcmay@got.net) passed this wisdom:

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At 12:06 PM -0700 11/22/97, TruthMonger wrote:

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Have you heard of a Mac compatible OS called "COS" from Omega in East Germany?

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This past week's issue of "MacWeek" said that this COS has been "delayed," with no new introduction date set.

I have read a number of articles speculating that Omega COS may be vaporware. I went to their webapge which has some great sounding text hype and nothing else, no links, no ordering info, nada!

I have a friend from Santa Fe who did some work with Omega and her opinion was that their purpose in crypto OS development was aimed toward using it as leverage for being bribed into compromising or abandoning it in return for government/spook business. Apparently, there are consultants in some of the former Eastern Bloc countries who specialize in negotiations between corporations and shadow agencies in order to find out the highest price they can sell out or capitulate for without making it worth the spooks time and effort to sabotage their project or whack them out. It seems that it can be quite profitable if you don't waste money foolishly on hiring programmers, engineers, etc. I have to go now and work on my "Lounge Suit Larry Nukes DC While Stripping Barbie Naked" program. It uses BAD IDEA encryption. A. Fiend ^r