Daniel Rocha <[email protected]> wrote: You are taking a very vicious interpretation from something inocous that he > said. >
No, his statement was quite clear. I discussed it with Rossi and with some of the potential customers Defkalion and DE were negotiating with. Rossi said he did not believe Defkalion had managed to steal his secrets. The potential customers were flabbergasted, and they cut off negotiations immediately. They said it would be like buying stolen goods. They assumed the statement was true, since it came directly from the president of the company. That is the most reliable source imaginable! They assumed that Defkalion would be tied up in civil suits forever, if not criminal suits. (I do not know about Europe, but in the U.S., stealing trade secrets is sometimes criminal, but in other cases it is only a civil matter. That depends on how you steal them. If an employee learns the secrets in the course of his work, and then walks out the door to a rival company, he may be sued in civil court, but that is not criminal.) - Jed
