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- From: pete@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Peter Alexander Merel)
- Subject: Re: PGP as a World Standard
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- References: <1992Dec17.191201.20527@shearson.com> <pete.724907978@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> <1992Dec21.074435.12950@netcom.com> <1992Dec22.223735.16867@shearson.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:51:20 GMT
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- pmetzger@snark.shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger) writes:
- >Mr. Sternlight is probably refering to article
- ><pete.724907978@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> posted by Peter Alexander Merel,
- >not by me. I have never refered to him as having "painted himself into
- >a corner". To my knowledge, I've never posted a "slimy response" to
- >anyone, including Mr. Sternlight.
-
- It is true that I implied that David Sternlight has painted himself into a
- corner, though the sliminess in that post was my query about whether
- Sternlight had a pecuniary motive for his extraordinary stance.
-
- But I have another slimey theory about Sternlight that may repair his
- reputation in certain corners. I think that possibly Sternlight is Phillip
- Zimmerman posting by another name, and that promotion of PGP is his aim
- after all. What better way to do it than this?
-
- But even if Sternlight is not Zimmerman I think he is to be applauded for
- the service he has done in producing so many staunch PGP supporters. We
- can only hope that he continues this ironic crusade, thank him and wish
- him well.
-
- Thank you David.
-
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