> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Fedor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 9:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Color ROM and new POSE, where?
>
>
> >> Are the color ROM (3.5?) and/or a new POSE for it released?
> >
> > it is floating around in the "warez" groups...
>
> I'm sad to hear this. It undermines the trust in the
> developer community
> that we're trying to foster in the company, and if we can't trust
> developers to not illegally distribute roms, we'll have a
> very hard time to
> convince product teams and licensees that developers can keep secrets.
>
> And people wonder why we don't tell developers sooner than 24
> hours before
> a product release happens?
Yes, as a matter of fact, we do. Perhaps if you -did- tell
developers what was going on, there wouldn't be so much
interest in ferreting the information out through the
grey channels.
> The more NDA or license violations occur, the less information will be
> disclosed. Sad but true - so if you want to be trusted, be
> trustworthy!
The more information is hidden, especially from people
who are supposedly signed up to get it in advance, the more
effort will be put into discovering it for themselves.
IOW: the more information is disclosed to those who are
in your developer's programs the >less< NDA violations
should occur. They are only occurring because people
are interested in the information and are not getting
it from the official source!
--
-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
