Re: Free software best suited for UI card project

On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 12:37 +0530, Vikram Vincent wrote:
> > Why are you equating Microsoft = Americans/American Government ?
> 
> It is a well known fact that several USA based companies routinely put
> in backdoors, other monitoring systems at the behest of the USA govt.
> M$ is also an example.
> Another popular example is the DES
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Encryption_Standard
> "The algorithm was initially controversial with classified design elements,
> a relatively short key length, and suspicions about a National Security
> Agency (NSA) backdoor."

I think the analysis is pritty good but the words used are wrong.  We
can't say "americans ".  RMS is An American and so are many free
software developers, wellwishers and promoters.
So while it is true that some organisations like M$ might be used by the
american government for their bennifit against many countries, it is not
proper to generalise about this.

Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.