On Dec 21, 2007, at 10:57 AM, Rick Fochtman wrote:
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Why not?
Intellectual property is what keeps a technology company running.
I'm more surprised, as others have said, that people are
astonished/annoyed/upset that IBM is keeping secrets, than the
fact that IBM has secrets.
Any large company has trade secrets.
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Now that Big Blue is pretty much alone in the mainframe processor
market, I'd like to see them release information on what exists
today. With the caveat that any new competition that enters the
market would trigger a renewed round of privacy for any future
improvements. Rather like establishing and publishing a checkpoint.
Rick,
Interesting option there. I briefly browsed through Phil's online
copy of the suit. One of the "facts" IBM alleges (IIRC ) or was that
PSI (it was a long read) but one of the parties said that IBM made
this public at one time and now can't complain someone used this
information. I think I am saying that correctly. So if they win
(PSI), IBM would *NEVER* say another word again as it might be
construed as public information. I think that it would mean the POPS
would evaporate overnight.
Ed
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