The product formerly known as VGP

I am just announcing that I am changing the name of my program, Very Good
Privacy (distinct from Pretty Good Privacy) in response to a complaint from
PGP, Inc. It was cool, though, because I got an e-mail message from Phil,
which is akin to talking with God. Just to quell the trademark questions
some people might have, a trademark violation is defined as something where
there is a possibility of confusion with another product; as made obvious
by the hundreds (literally) of messages I have received asking about the
features of this new version of PGP (which it is not). I have not changed
the name of the product on the web page, and will just post a notice of
clarification until I think of a new name. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.


The product formerly known as VGP can be downloaded at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/2690
If you have any questions, please e-mail vgp@cryogen.com

At 2:03 PM -0500 12/10/96, Mark Rosen wrote:
>	I am just announcing that I am changing the name of my program,
>Very Good
>Privacy (distinct from Pretty Good Privacy) in response to a complaint from
>PGP, Inc. It was cool, though, because I got an e-mail message from Phil,
>which is akin to talking with God. Just to quell the trademark questions
>some people might have, a trademark violation is defined as something where
>there is a possibility of confusion with another product; as made obvious
>by the hundreds (literally) of messages I have received asking about the
>features of this new version of PGP (which it is not). I have not changed
>the name of the product on the web page, and will just post a notice of
>clarification until I think of a new name. Does anyone have any ideas?
>Thanks.

How about something like "Really Secure Algorithm"?

(I doubt people would confuse your program with the Republic of South
Africa, usually abbreviated as "RSA," so there should be no further
collision problems.)

--Klaus!

Timothy C. May wrote:
> At 2:03 PM -0500 12/10/96, Mark Rosen wrote:
> >	I am just announcing that I am changing the name of my program,
> >Very Good Privacy
> >the name of the product on the web page, and will just post a notice of
> >clarification until I think of a new name. Does anyone have any ideas?
> >Thanks.
> 
> How about something like "Really Secure Algorithm"?
> 

I was thinking about creating a Committee of Concerned Computer
Programmers, abbreviated as CCCP.

To Mark Rosen: name it Cryptographic Utility for Network Transmissions.

	- Igor.

ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home) writes:
[VGP]
> To Mark Rosen: name it Cryptographic Utility for Network Transmissions.

This reminds me how when I was a student at CUNY, I computerized many
things, including the distribution of the bulletin with seminar announcements.
One day I misspelled CUNY by pressing a letter next to Y instead of Y.
(The spell checker didn't complain.)

---

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

>
> I am just announcing that I am changing the name of my program, Very Good
> Privacy (distinct from Pretty Good Privacy) in response to a complaint from
> PGP, Inc. It was cool, though, because I got an e-mail message from Phil,
> which is akin to talking with God. Just to quell the trademark questions
> some people might have, a trademark violation is defined as something where
> there is a possibility of confusion with another product; as made obvious
> by the hundreds (literally) of messages I have received asking about the
> features of this new version of PGP (which it is not). I have not changed
> the name of the product on the web page, and will just post a notice of
> clarification until I think of a new name. Does anyone have any ideas?
> Thanks.
> The product formerly known as VGP can be downloaded at:


    Call it Prince Cypher, the product formerly known as ...


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