, IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote:
In a message dated 1/28/2008 5:59:24 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Anyone who knows about this stuff can't discuss it...
I have been privy to many documents under Non-Disclosure Agreement over the
years. As far as I can remember, only once did I read and sign the entire
legal document governing the NDA. All the other times a manager or some other
colleague of mine told me that the document was under NDA. I do not know if
a "standard" NDA contains language prohibiting discussing even the fact that
one has seen the NDA, let alone the document(s) revealed. But to discuss the
fact that one has seen a document, or even the NDA itself, to me seems like
a question that must be asked of one's manager if one has a burning desire to
reveal that fact. Someone in the organization has read, understands, and
remembers all the legal fine print, and it likely not to be one's immediate
manager. The manager will almost certainly say that one should not even mention
having seen the document. It is preferable to err on the side of caution in
such matters. Without having access to the NDA and then being given access
to a document under the NDA, I would have to assume that I should not discuss
anything regarding the NDA itself or the document(s) with anyone other than
colleagues, and then only if they have been made aware of the NDA nature of
the document.
Bill Fairchild
Rocket Software
I have never signed a NDA from IBM, but I have been told that one of the
officers of our company has signed one that covers our company.
I have no clue if this is really true, but I do know that I have sat in
meetings were IBM has discussed things with us about future hardware and
software and either at the beginning or end of the meeting we are
basically told that anything said is covered by the company NDA and we
are not allowed to talk about it until after it is announced.
I also believe that there are multiple types. We installed a ES/9000
prior to announcement. We were given some very specific rules about
that. One was that we could not tell anybody when we installed our
ES/9000 until the two year anniversary of GA announcement had passed.
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