PGP Inc Sold for $35M - News Flash

[William H. Geiger III]

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In <Pine.LNX.3.95.971201181053.19756A-100000 at www.ctrl-alt-del.com>, on
12/01/97 
   at 06:13 PM, Alan <alan at ctrl-alt-del.com> said:

>On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Vin McLellan wrote:

>> <News Alert, from C/Net's News.Com>
>> 
>> "PGP acquired by merged security software firm.
>> 
>> "Pretty Good Privacy, an encryption company foundered by crypto pioneer
>> Phil Zimmermann, has been acquired by Network Associates, the result of the
>> merger of McAfee Associates and Network General, which closed today.
>> 
>> "Network Associates will pay $35 million in cash  for PGP. "

>Not good news.  As I remember McAfee was one of the "Key Recovery Aliance
>Partners".  

They sure are. :(

This does not look good at all. :(((

http://www.kra.org/roster.html


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