At 09:40 PM 1/7/96 -0800, dang@netcom.com (DRG) wrote:

S.F. Examiner:

ENCRYPTION SALES BAN COSTS U.S. $60 BILLION

NEW YORK U.S. companies will lose as much as 30 percent of the $200 billion in U.S. computer system sales expected in 200 because of federal export laws that limit the encryption of information, a recent study found.

OK, so crypto export laws will cost about as much as direct expenditures on the War On Politically Incorrect Drugs, or medical costs of tobacco. No problem.... :-( #-- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com, Pager/Voicemail 1-408-787-1281 # # "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance" used to mean us watching # the government, not the other way around....