"It is not our policy to comment on supporters; I'm sure you can understand. From this you should not infer that information you have is correct or not correct; we just don't comment," Fossedal wrote in an e-mail.-- Gregory Fossedal, 2002-06-05

"We support a diverse array of public policy organizations with which we share a common interest or public policy agenda such as the de Tocqueville Institution," the spokesman wrote in an e-mail.-- Microsoft PR, 2002-06-05

"These folks really need to be more straight-forward about this," security researcher Richard Smith said. "Not commenting makes it appear as if they have something to hide."

[...] "I would really like to see rigorous testing with hard statistics and not mere speculation on an issue as serious as this," Smith said.-- Richard Smith, 2002-06-05