Re: U.S. Researchers Crack Codes to ESA's Galileo GPS

[Lionel Ferette <lionel.ferette () belnet be>]

In the wise words of der Mouse, on Monday 10 July 2006 10:44:
> > > > B) if Bush decides that open access helps the "turists" then
> > > > they'll close it, and we'll be left without a GPS unless we make
> > > > our own.
> > > For what values of "we"?
> > For all values of we that the US Gov could decide include terrorists,
>
> Hmm, yes.  I was too elliptical.
>
> For what values of "we"/"us"/etc does this (closed) European system
> give "us" "our" own GPS-alike?
As far as I can tell, it is not "closed" in the sense that only authorised 
people can use it, but rather that equipment providers must register with the 
EU in order to build and sell devices.

> Not any including me.
As long as you can get your little paws on a device, you're in!

More information on
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/index_en.htm

Cheers,

Lionel

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