NetFront contends it isn't fazed by the Commission official's statement. Also, the rules had changed a few times even before the new regulation took effect, and various agencies fought for influence over the issue. We respectfully suggest that the viewpoint expressed by the individual contacted may not accurately or fully reflect the intent of the government's change in legislation specifically regarding Internet security software. Still, some government entities obviously thought it was O.K. to use NetFront products. Even before this year's brouhaha, encryption was a sensitive issue.
China is also an alluring market.
And he plays the goodwill card heavily. Until last fall, the company gave away its services for free to most of its clients in China to establish relationships and win publicity. Wu and his father, who handles NetFront's government relations, cultivate officials and educate them about encryption technology, even though that information could foster the creation of state-affiliated competitors. His mother was a physics professor. Something of a wunderkind, Wu says he graduated from college at 17 with a physics degree, then worked as a researcher.