At 3:25 PM -0400 7/25/01, Trei, Peter wrote:
>One of the curious aspects of the whole Sklyarov
>affair is the silence of the Russians. I've not heard
>of any comment from the Russian government on
>the US news, the Novosti press agency has
>said nothing today or Tuesday (all I can check),
>and TASS has a couple of headlines, but (as far
>as I can tell) no editiorial material going either
>way (I can't read the TASS articles without
>a subscription).
>
>Most odd....
I'm not surprised that the Russian government is seemingly oblivious.
Unless some crisis crosses a threshold to "infamy," like the arrest
of Wen Ho Lee or the kid accused of being a spy in Russia, it's just
"business as usual."
(Though I was struck by how close the arrest of the "Russian hacker"
was to the plot line of "Swordfish," where a Finnish hacker (who just
happens to be named Torvalds) is arrested when he deplanes at LAX.
Now if the Adobe hacker turns up dead and a microchip has been cut
out of his arm, we'll know we're in a John Travolta movie.)
Finally, it may be that the Russians just don't care. More arrests by
the U.S. authorities means more chance of shaking down the Russian
software industry for protection money. "You don't pay us, look what
happens to you, comrade!"
--Tim May
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