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- From: styri@hal.nta.no (Haakon Styri)
- Subject: Re: Are DES restriction even logically sound?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.111150.557@nntp.nta.no>
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- Organization: Norwegian Telecom Research
- References: <1992Sep5.164646.21443@uwm.edu> <1992Sep6.071901.21881@uwm.edu> <1992Sep7.051916.16197@qualcomm.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 11:11:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep7.051916.16197@qualcomm.com>, karn@servo.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) writes:
- |>
- |> Obviously only Americans are capable of taking an algorithm
- |> description and turning it into working code. The next thing you know,
- |> the US government will be revoking the passports of anyone suspected
- |> of being able to program...
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- This of course not an old idea. Look up any decent history book and read all
- about the industrial revolution and English emigration law. :-) If anyone
- believe this worked they should also believe that the Merrimack Manufacturing
- Company was an illusion.
-
- On the other hand, the people who laugh at the export restrictions probably
- haven't done any real integration testing of a really large software construct.
- At least there's a fair chance that the foe fouls up...
-
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- Haakon Styri *** Std. disclaimer applies ***
- Norwegian Telecom Research
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