Correction!
Edgar W. Swank
edgar at spectrx.Saigon.COM
Sat May 8 19:48:05 PDT 1993
In part of my long post dated May 3, Subject:
PGP: Re: Tough Choices: PGP vs. RSA Data Security
I said:
Jim Bidzos has told me that Phil Z. or anyone else can get a
license from RSA for $20,000 plus minimum $10,000/yr. royalties.
If we say we don't want to spend more than 50% of our revenues on
licensing, then if Phil can get $60,000 of firm orders for a
-commercial- USA version of PGP, he's in (a very profitable)
business. $60,000 might be 600 copies at $100 or six site
licenses at $10,000.
Upon reviewing my records, I find I didn't remember those figures
correctly. The above -should- have read:
Jim Bidzos has told me that Phil Z. or anyone else can get a
license from RSA for $25,000 plus minimum $10,000/yr. royalties.
^^^^^^^
If we say we don't want to spend more than 50% of our revenues on
licensing, then if Phil can get $70,000 of firm orders for a
-commercial- USA version of PGP, he's in (a very profitable)
business. $70,000 might be 700 copies at $100 or seven site
licenses at $10,000.
My apologies to Jim Bidzos for misquoting him; however, the basic
point of the paragraph that a commercial license is not too far out of
reach remains valid.
--
edgar at spectrx.saigon.com (Edgar W. Swank)
SPECTROX SYSTEMS +1.408.252.1005 Silicon Valley, Ca
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