I heard this also. It seems that the German govt. believes (knows?) that MS code has backdoors that the US govt. (specifically NSA) use to infiltrate and snoop around. I, for one, am not surprised. Being a person that never met a conspiracy that I didn't like believe it. Since the Germans specifically point to the NSA, they must have reason. Michael Brown Instant Net Solutions www.KillerPCs.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Ilari" To: Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: the same outlook chat... > I have read somewhere (sorry if I cannot be more precise) that the > German Government has banned Microsoft products from military and > diplomatic computers EXACTLY FOR THIS REASON. Anybody has heard > something about this ? > > Joan > > > M$ is a commercial software company, > > and with that comes liability. > > > > Just imagine if someone were to found > > a backdoor into Outlook.... and Outlook > > is used in countless of government agencies > > around the world. Poor Bill will really be poor then > > if not convicted as a criminal. > > > > Just my 2cents. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics