On 22 Jul., 17:33, Ian G <i...@iang.org> wrote: Hi Ian and list
> Here's how I see this progressing. > > 1. You will be told, "you have to do it," because the existing team is > too busy. "Don't criticise, code." Hell, you got told that above :) > > The "reason" is true, but the causality is not. See 2. > > 2. Even if you do it, it will be rejected by the existing security > developer team of Mozilla. They first will tell you it is because that > approach is not standard, and Mozo follows standards. The "reason" in > this case is false, because OpenPGP is now an IETF draft standard. So, > see 3. > > 3. You'll still get massive resistance. That's because all of the > mozilla security code, security developers, most of the committees, and > the companies that pay for the developers, the CAs, etc etc are all > invested heavily in PKI. They've got othing invested in OpenPGP. > They've got every dime invested in selling certificates and selling > certificate oriented solutions. > > What you are offering will rip the guts out of that business model, so > you won't get any support. In fact you'll be opposed, every step of the > way. Nobody wants to lose their jobs, and you're trying to take their > jobs away from them. I hear a certain amount of bitterness through your remarks. Also, it's quite interesting that none of the others here chime in with "that's not so!" - silent consent? Two points: -if "protecting business models" was a priority I guess gnu/linux shouldn't have been started -shortsightedness: you can sell some people (who are very tolerable or have to do it because they have been told so "from above") crappy stuff OR you can make it a mass market (all benefit from that) and cater/support the stupid who still don't get it - and I guess that number is always larger (<bitter>and growing...</bitter>) <ironic>I wonder how red hat makes money, they give away ALL their software (the sources)</ironic> That certain business types don't get it was to be expected - but I would have thought (hoped) that the mozilla folks and their supporters "got" it. Oh well, that's live, hmm? Thanks all Regards, Udo Puetz P.s.: have you seen that Microsoft released two packages of software under the GPL within 3 days? Not so long ago the GPL was "the evil", wasn't it? Times change... -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
