Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
about its business, and has by far the most massively installed base
on the
Internet,
in terms of both Netscape and Microsoft, as well as by far the
broadest
capital
Ok, I'll react to this, so as to resolve one myth:
1. The 25 million+ installed user base of Netscape/MS counts as a user
base
for S/MIME
Bollocks - how many of those people know, care or use the S/MIME integration
in Microsoft/Netscapes Mailers. I have IE & Communicator & Netscape 3.0
installed, but I don't use the S/MIME features in any of them. Given the
weak state of US export encryption this side of the pacific (Australia) I
doubt many people use S/MIME at all.
The point to which I was responding was "installed base". My response was
accurate. If you're going to discount installed base for usage, PGP's figures
must be similarly discounted. So gross or net, apples and apples, please.
I suggest that pursuing this topic further is likely off-purpose for this list.
David