[E-Lang] what is good about E?

[zooko@zooko.com]

 Richard Uhtenwoldt <greon@best.com> writes:
>
> I'm not disagreeing with you, just want you to be aware of the danger of
> painting yourself as little paranoid.
> 
> When I started reading the Eros and E web sites about 2 years ago, I was
> repeatedly turned off by some of the sales pitches that stress security.

I like what MarcS posted about his marketing strategy.  It sounds good, with
Richard's caveat that it is only effective for the niche market of "security
fans".

I've spent quite a lot of effort over the years, as a volunteer and as a
professional, trying to sell better security to people, and frankly, it sucks.

There are three types of people: 1. people who don't want to hear any more talk
about "security" (such as Richard described himself in the quoted letter), 2.
security fans and cypherpunks who love thinking about infosec ideas, 3.  the
occasional bored IT manager who has decided to cover his ass by installing the
most widely accepted security tool so that he can claim that he did the
Accepted Thing if his network gets hacked.

Type 1 people are vastly in the majority, even among hackers, although there is
certainly a sizeable niche of type 2 hackers which would probably make a
profitable market for E.

Regards,

Zooko