CYBER WAR AND THE LOOSING BATTLE


	CYBER WAR AND THE LOOSING BATTLE

klippety

12-6-2008 4:20 PM

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klippety says:

Is it possible to win that kind of war without MS giving up its keys?

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12-6-2008 9:39 PM

Kreuzberg-Jakob

Do you know John Brunner - The Shockwave Rider?

12-7-2008 1:17 AM

klippety

NO. Exlain

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