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How to Save PGP

Posted by michael on from the emergency-chute dept.

Tomcat666 sends in: "The Register got some excerpts from an interview with Phil Zimmerman. He talks about how it might be possible to save PGP (Network Associates couldn't sell it, and will stop its development), OpenPGP and the future (industry-backed OpenPGP?)." A follow-up to our story yesterday about Network Associates mothballing PGP.

5 of 235 comments (clear)

  1. Why not... by mstrjon32 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just open source it...but then again open source and security software aren't best used in the same sentence.

  2. Check this box to GPL abandonware by dattaway · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was doing my taxes today (oh joy) and marked the box that mentioned something like $3 to the Presidential election campaign fund. Perhaps we could have a few donation check boxes to buy lucrative abandonware into the open source world.

    Then again, sometimes it might be good to just start some projects completely over. Remember Netscape?

  3. Seen as a bumper sticker... by gartogg · · Score: 5, Funny

    GnuPG. Because only the technically oriented deserve privacy.

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  4. Re:Let's create a /. Corporation by jazman_777 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd be happy to set this up. If everyone would send their money to my PayPal account, we could get rolling. You can trust me, I have over 6000 positive eBay transactions!

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  5. Re:Sorta Phil's fault by jazman_777 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Oppresssion is being shot because you supported the wrong political candidate, like in the U.S.S.R. under Stalin.

    My friend, there were no wrong political canditates in Stalin's day. Because they were all dead.

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