Windows 2000 in danger of being banned.


An integral part of Windows 2000 is developed by a Scientology company.
The defragmentation program Diskeeper will be released to the market in February as
an integrated part of the NT successor.
The program was developed by Executive Software, a company led by and belonging to the
admitted Scientologist Craig Jensen, as reported in c't issue 25/99 (the English version
of the complete article can be found here; the original German version is available here).
The connection between Scientology (which is seen as psycho sect by German authorities)
and the software giant is a thorn in the flesh of sect observers from the large churches.

'This will be of interest not only for the Catholic church, but also for the German states,
the Verfassungsschutz (federal agency in charge of protecting the constitution) 
and the German industry', commented Harald Baer, a German Catholic church representative
for sects, to the German press agency dpa. According to Ursula Caberta,
head of the Scientology task force at the Hamburg office for internal affairs,
Executive Software is one of the leading companies of the Scientology organisation WISE
(World Institute of Scientology Enterprises). 'WISE is the decisive part of Scientology
for infiltrating and spying on the economy', she says. The German states Bavaria and
Hamburg have passed government policies which forbid agencies - particularly those in
the area of information technologies - from purchasing services from Scientology companies. (ct)
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More information about the scientology can be found here:
Scientology, Satanism, & the Occult.:  http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/satanism.htm
A Critic looks at the Church of Scientology:  http://www.primenet.com/~cultxpt/cos.htm
Is Scientology breaking the law?:                 http://members.aol.com/jour0/investigation.html