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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:22534 comp.unix.bsd:14670 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!fastrac.llnl.gov!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!ub!ns.potsdam.edu!news.potsdam.edu!nelson From: nelson@crynwr.crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: APC refuses to give out info without NDA Date: 22 Aug 1994 16:49:03 GMT Organization: Crynwr Software Lines: 18 Message-ID: <NELSON.94Aug22124903@crynwr.crynwr.com> References: <32o173$icu@thor.tjhsst.edu> <jmonroyCuwv3J.HpB@netcom.com> <339f26$1l6@u.cc.utah.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nh2.potsdam.edu In-reply-to: terry@cs.weber.edu's message of 22 Aug 1994 06:02:46 GMT In article <339f26$1l6@u.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) writes: In all three cases, the "competition" is not prevented from determining the information; the only practical effect, then, is to prevent the effected products use by the widest possible market (by artificially restricting that market to no other effect). Indeed. There's a quantum effect working here. J. Random Cloner is definitely going to have the resources to reverse-engineer the product, whereas J. Random Programmer isn't. So the product is not going to have the software it needs to work with it (unless the manufacturer writes all the software anyone needs for any reason). -- -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/crynwr/nelson.html Crynwr Software | Crynwr Software sells packet driver support | ask4 PGP key 11 Grant St. | +1 315 268 1925 (9201 FAX) | What is thee doing about it? Potsdam, NY 13676 | LPF member - ask me about the harm software patents do.