Subj : Re: tools to build design of application To : comp.programming From : Gerry Quinn Date : Sun Jul 31 2005 02:33 pm In article , invalid@address.co.uk.invalid says... > Gerry Quinn wrote: > >> For the record, the objections I have to PDF are two-fold: > >> > >> (1) the Dmitri Sklyarov case still rankles - Adobe were directly > >> responsible for the USA imprisoning him despite the fact that the > >> software he developed was written in Russia for a Russian software house > >> and legal under Russian law. > > > > He sold it in the US where it wasn't. And the company he worked for > > was responsible for all sorts of malware including tools for spammers > > and for system intrusion. > > > > It is unfortunate that he was not punished more severely. > > Ah, I can always trust you to take a contrary view, Mr Quinn. Of course, > just because you say it's so, that doesn't make it so. > > I am also reasonably sure that, had a US citizen in Russia been treated the > way Sklyarov was, Usanians would have been outraged - and rightly so. Whether Sklyarov got off lightly is a matter of opinion. What he and his company were engaged in is not. I dare say the Wayback Machine will still serve anyone who wishes to investigate the software offered for sale worldwide by Elcomsoft in those days. - Gerry Quinn .