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Re: Viacrypt export?

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NODE 7ac1271cRe: Viacrypt export? astrashe@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alex Strasheim)Wed, 8 Sep 93 18:37:08 PDT

Why would people in Europe want to buy an exported Viacrypt when it's
completely legal for them to use PGP, which is free and which is built
from published source code?

NODE d9fa3f8cRe: Viacrypt export? Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com>Thu, 9 Sep 93 08:42:19 PDT

> Why would people in Europe want to buy an exported Viacrypt when it's
> completely legal for them to use PGP, which is free and which is built
> from published source code?

If the're like companies in the states, they may be concerned about
proper support.


brad

NODE 0cf4c65eViacrypt export? b44729@achilles.ctd.anl.gov (Samuel Pigg)Wed, 8 Sep 93 19:22:09 PDT

>>>>> On Wed, 8 Sep 93 19:32:42 MDT, astrashe@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alex Strasheim) said:

	Alex> Why would people in Europe want to buy an exported
	Alex> Viacrypt when it's completely legal for them to use PGP,
	Alex> which is free and which is built from published source
	Alex> code?

I wouldn't, but most corporations don't like purchasing software without
the safety blanket of commercial support. (At least in the states. I assume
it's the same in europe.)

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