gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada) wrote: > The Internet took off when Microsoft, for better or worse, included > and promoted Internet Explorer in Windows 95, thus beginning the so > called browser wars.
That's quite arguable. Why do you assume that MS introducing IE *cause* the internet to take off instead of being their (delayed) reaction to the internet taking off without them? :) > I would be surprised and also happy to see Microsoft promote PGP/GPG > technology. I do not actually expect that to happen. If it did, it > would be good if Microsoft could stimulate PGP/GPG technology with > more user friendliness since at the moment there's much to learn to > understand and begin using PGP/GPG technology. Not that I care whether MS uses, promotes, or maligns PGP/GnuPG, but: https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/pgp.mspx (Personally, I find that MS using PGP to sign their security notices amusing. That must be the most secure thing about their OS. :-) -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Truth is like a well-known whore. Everybody knows her but it's embarrassing to meet her in the street. -- Wolfgang Borchert
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