From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)

Some people say that the millennium comes on Jan 1, 2000. Others say it comes on January 1, 2001. I say it comes on September 20, 2000 when the RSA patent expires.

It is traditional to commemorate big events with annual observances. I say there's no reason the observances can't predate the event when it is known in advance. So I propose that September 20 be known as Crypto Freedom Day, and an annual celebration be held on that day. With each year closer to 2000 the party gets bigger, culminating on the day that the patent actually expires. We can all run our RSA in three lines of Java that Adam Back will have prepared, and taste for the first time the freedom which the rest of the world will have known for the past 17 years. Hal