On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 16:17:50 -0500 "Staller, Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>CA is suing because someone *might* have re-coded an interface for :>Rocket, :>initially coded while in the employ of CA. This is (IMO) perfectly legal :>as long as code listings were not taken. i.e. I've done this before and :>I know :>how to do this. I'll just write the code again! Well, it depends...... Did they write the code based on their own knowledge and research, or did they stand on the shoulders of giants, i.e., see some proprietary code which they then used later? :>Pretty flimsy basis for putting another 200 or so mainframers out of :>work! One could equally argue that hiring these 200 to work on (allegedly) stolen software .... -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
