Since then people from across Cambodia, dressed in mourning colours of white and black, have been lining up to file past his coffin, some holding lotus flowers.

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But Lotus's entrenched position does not worry Leo Schlinkert, boss of Communicator Inc in White Plains, New York, which focuses almost exclusively on providing 128-bit encrypted instant-messaging services for financial institutions.

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