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From: karl@ficc.ferranti.com (Karl Lehenbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Ides of March
Keywords: gail ides march security conference
Message-ID: <74P95-6@xds12.ferranti.com>
Date: 24 Feb 91 18:58:23 GMT
References: <1991Feb21.080700.19274@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: karl@ficc.ferranti.com (Karl Lehenbauer)
Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation
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In article <1991Feb21.080700.19274@vpnet.chi.il.us> louisg@vpnet.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes:
>See, that's where I have this problem.  Here we have an individual speaking at
>an industry conference, and this individual is not in the industry.  She does
>not affect the industry except in destructive ways ...

If she affects the industry, and as you say she does, it is relevant for her
to attend.  Perhaps this will be an opportunity to help educate her.  As
for her being on the WELL, same thing.

Read the interview with Mitch Kapor and John Barlow in the Winter '91 issue
of Mondo 2000.  They say a lot of things that are really right on.
Particularly relevant to this thread are their ideas about educating
non-users... "moving the homesteaders into the electronic frontier...".

Also, Barlow said some chilling things about the corporate state, like how
Apple's security company is a revolving door for FBI people, thus they
were able to get the FBI to jump on the case of the stolen ROM source
fragments, and AT&T's cozy involvement with assorted gov't agencies.

-- 
-- "If it ain't too broke, don't fix it."  -- me, with apologies to Bert Lantz