I think Leigh might have meant "how could he have been *allowed* to" if contracts are so tightly written.
iirc it wasn't quite as straightforward at the time as Anders just deciding to go work for MS. Didn't Microsoft and Borland reach a substantial financial settlement to compensate Borland (my memory is a little hazy, and I think that settlement was about more than *just* the movement of staff, although I'm fairly sure that was a significant factor). Remember that most of these "draconian" conditions in such contracts are not absolute statements of immutable conditions, they are usually prohibitions on certain activities or actions being undertaken without prior permission/consent/authorisation. Negotiating the terms of consent might involve some form of compensation or further agreement between the involved parties. _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
