Joe Block wrote:

At 11:50 PM 1/23/96, you wrote:

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The problem is whether you can separate the functionality of what you're exporting sufficiently from what you're contracting out that the exported material isn't a "component of a cryptosystem"; it's tough to do a good bones version of code if you're concerned about satisfying both the letter and spirit of a law to avoid hassles with the government. On the other hand, if you're as big as IBM or even MIT, sometimes you can do it....

So move 100% of the development overseas. Pick someplace where the labor is cheaper (maybe the former Soviet Union, but I don't know what their crypto export laws are like) and develop 100% of the product overseas. Put

[deletia...] I've heard that India is the place to be for software development these days (top talent for 10% the price of Americans, or some such). I've also heard that, for example, CyberCash has a development office there. -Pete Loshin pete@loshin.com