Presence and IntComm WG

[Bob Riddle <>]

wow ... you mean there are people in Europe that don't trust US to 
always do the right thing?   That's pretty hard to believe ... :>)

Ben Teitelbaum wrote:
> Alistair Munro 
> <>
>  writes:
>
>
> > I haven't really kept tabs on Galileo on a technical level, but I'll
> > have a dig around. 
>
>
> Thanks Alistair.
>
>
> > Politically it has been quite a hot topic, due to US military fears
> > that it may interfere with GPS.
>
>
> Yeah, I've seen some of that [1].  From the start, of course, Galileo
> was politically motivated: "We Europeans can't depend on a system the
> US military could turn off whenever it pleases, etc."
>
> Best,
>
> -- ben
>
> [1] 
> http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20030901faessay82568/charles-r-trimble/phantom-menace.html

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