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Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>
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 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
Current thread:
- RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding Jason Coombs (Apr 18)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding Paul Schmehl (Apr 18)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding yossarian (Apr 19)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding Paul Schmehl (Apr 19)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding Darren Reed (Apr 19)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding yossarian (Apr 19)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding Darren Reed (Apr 20)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding yossarian (Apr 20)
- RE: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding Curt Purdy (Apr 20)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding Darren Reed (Apr 20)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding yossarian (Apr 20)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding riki (Apr 21)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding Darren Reed (Apr 21)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding riki (Apr 22)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding yossarian (Apr 19)
- Re: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding Paul Schmehl (Apr 18)