NODE dbce5dd8Re: PGP 2.6 FAQ
gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)Thu, 2 Jun 94 10:02:19 PDT
>Engineering; Brian LaMacchia, graduate student in Computer Science;
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Stoopid question: is the above-mentioned LaMacchia any relation to the
LaMacchia who got busted for running the illicit fsp site?
Yes, Brian is the elder brother. I asked him right after David
was charged if he thought there was any connection, like using his
brother to put pressure on him about the key servers. He said he
was fairly sure it was entirely independent. Personally I don't
rule out MIT internecine warfare and personal grudges. University
politics can get as dirty as the real thing at times, but I think
we can rule out *real* politics in this.
G
NODE 45400d2fRe: PGP 2.6 FAQ
Richard Johnson <Richard.Johnson@Colorado.EDU>Thu, 2 Jun 94 12:03:54 PDT
From the keyboard of: gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
> Personally I don't
> rule out MIT internecine warfare and personal grudges. University
> politics can get as dirty as the real thing at times, but I think
> we can rule out *real* politics in this.
"University politics is so vicious simply because there is so little at
stake." <-- reasonable accurate misquote
University politics are normally much dirtier than the real thing, and
much harder to stay out of if you spend more than 4 years at an
institution. The battles over office space alone can make smear
campaigns via TV ads in a congressional race look like a friendly
debate.
Still, it seems from the outside that there wasn't much toe-stepping
going on at MIT with regard to their PGP release. That's nice to see.
Perhaps, for once, the internal politics were calmer than the external
storm of paranoia? :-)
Richard