Re: [Full-Disclosure] RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding

From: Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Date: 04/19/03

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    From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To: yossarian <yossarian@planet.nl>, jasonc@science.org, InfoSec News <isn@c4i.org>, isn@attrition.org
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 11:18:02 -0500

    But that's his privilege. If he chooses to express his thoughts in that
    way, he has every right to do so. That's precisely what freedom is.

    --On Saturday, April 19, 2003 11:11:09 AM +0200 yossarian
    <yossarian@planet.nl> wrote:

    >> Thank you. I'm so sick and tired of hearing the cry of "McCarthyism"
    >> from celebrities who have spoken out against the war and are now
    >> suffering from boycotts of their products. Get over it. You had the
    >> right to say what you want. And we have the right to not buy your
    >> stupid records, movies, whatever.
    >>
    >> It's *free* speech, *not* speech without consequences. Ask Senator Trent
    >> Lott if there is a price for speech. I didn't hear any of the anti-war
    >> celebrities complain about that.
    >>
    > True words, indeed, say what you like but face the consequences. But it is
    > getting a bit awkward - one of my customers decided not to use any
    > american computer stuff any more, ever. This means Linux stuff on funny
    > brands of (taiwanese and french) hardware. I am OK with that for desktop
    > and server environment (Corel is canadian), and a lot cheaper, but for
    > the WAN part it is getting really hard. Anyway, underneath it is probably
    > US anyway. Another customer decided to get rid of american crypto
    > software, since he is afraid of economic espionage by No such 'n such
    > Agency, helping his us based competitors. The Brussels incident didn't
    > really help here.These politically motivated discussions are raising the
    > cost of computing, i guess.
    >
    > yossarian
    >

    Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
    Adjunct Information Security Officer
    The University of Texas at Dallas
    AVIEN Founding Member
    http://www.utdallas.edu
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