[cap-talk] Any hope in RSA 2008?

[James A. Donald]

lists at notatla.org.uk wrote:
> If the marketing people are making money selling equipment to the
> prospectors they don't care whether worthwhile gold is found.
> 
> If the purchasing managers (not on the whole very technical) value
> herd mentality (buying IBM etc) and are spending other people's
> money they won't know or care whether it's cost-effective.  They won't
> look for solutions not being marketed.

Ian described security as the market for silver bullets, where neither 
sellers nor buyers know what is being sold is any good.