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Sequoia v. Ed Felten

Sequoia v. Ed Felten

Posted Mar 18, 2008 16:23 UTC (Tue) by caitlinbestler (subscriber, #32532)
Parent article: Sequoia v. Ed Felten

The attitude of the vendors here is perplexing.

Having a rigorous audit trail, complete with public comment
periods, formal responses to queries, etc. would all be
excellent barriers to entry for would-be competitors.

As things stand, anyone can whip up some GUI software
over generic hardware and just bribe the same government
officials. That's not much of a barrier to entry at all.


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Sequoia v. Ed Felten

Posted Mar 18, 2008 18:04 UTC (Tue) by jordanb (subscriber, #45668) [Link]

That's a good point. It's worth noting, though, that their behavior towards auditing is only
irrational if you assume they have nothing to hide. ;)

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