Russell Nelson says:

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Date: Wed, 25 May 94 10:25:30 -0700 From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)

You have to assume that RSA isn't being run by idiots. Either they're looking at closing their doors in seven years, or they've got a plan.

I asked Jim Bidzos about this last year. He told me they're planning on becoming a supplier of cryptography code and expertise.

If they had expertise, they wouldn't need patents.

Make no mistake, they have expertise. As much as we like to denegrate them, they are responsible for several algorithms we all use every day, like MD5.

That said, I agree that the patents are unsavory. However, none of us thus far have shown the testicular fortitude to challenge any of them.

Perry

Such software patents really need to be challenged, If you are interested in helping, please contact the LPF (League for Programming Freedom). I'll send their addr shortly.... By the way, I re-subscribed myself to this list last night. Thanks for all the great notes. :) -lile ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lile Elam | "Remember... No matter where you go, there you are." lile@netcom.com | Un*x Admin / Artist | Buckaroo Banzai ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~