I understand that, but opinions being what they are, everyone is certainly entitled to have one of their own. Placing value on those opinions is an exercise left to the reader. And not everyone's opinions are constructed to to simply allow financial benefit -- somethimes it is just a simple observation. Cheers, - ferg -- Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> wrote:

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Schneier isn't a journalist or reporter; He's a security vendor.

And you're a network engineer. What's your point?

Merely that Owen's expectation of "journalistic ethic, fact checking, or unbiased reporting" was misplaced because his remarks are addressing someone who has a vested interest in the outcome of the debate, not an ethical, unbiased disinterested observer. - mark -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg@netzero.net or fergdawg@sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/