Err Verisign bought Thawte last year :)
At 09:45 pm 28/03/00, you wrote:
>Gee,
>
>Before I get flamed for the Subject:
>Of course, Verisign and Thawte are American and South African
>companies, so cannot be a monopoly(Two American companies
>doing this likely would), and of course NSI, the major marketer of
>Versign certs, is a registrar for domains, and this cannot be
>considered as a monopoly either.
>
>First I've heard any comments on the list, and I've been listening for
>a while now.
>
>You may want to check out the project forming at
>http://www.freecert.org
>
>Bill Laakkonen
>
>On 28 Mar 00, at 10:30, Tariq Habib wrote:
>
> > I fully support your point of view.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
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> > > Subject: Verisign
> > >
> > >
> > > I just found out that Verising has aquired NSI. A short while back they
> > > aquired Thawte .
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I think some of us should be looking into ways to get certs from a "real"
> > > competitor to Verisign recognized by IE and Netscape.
> > >
> > > I know that netscape allows easy importation of a cert and that IE is a
> > > bit of a bugger - but for the vast majority of the great unwashed public
> > > they need a "clean" simple and brain-dead solution or they will continue
> > > to go with the flow.
> > >
> > > Consentration of economic power like we see in Verisign at this point is
> > > NEVER healthy - or am I overreacting?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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