From the AZIPA list .... verrrrrrrry interesting

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Subject: [azipa] Microsoft Products Banned
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 17:50:57 EST
From: phxjeff@aol.com
To: azipa@yahoogroups.com


From a recent posting from Germany on another list:

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Just listened to the prime-time news from a big german radio station ...
they stated that - due to new recommendations from a group of IT-experts
called the "ECHELON Group" (... you get the idea!) which is counseling
german government on IT issues - the Department of Defense today has
effectively banned the further use of *any* Micro$oft software products
within the german army ("Bundeswehr"). The ECHELON Group has obviously
educated our politicians that there is reliable information regarding
"hidden backdoors" for the folks of NSA/CIA and the like in almost all of
Micro$oft's software. They were cited as having said: "Continued use of
Microsoft software within highly confidential areas poses a very real
threat
to national security"!
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Jeff

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