Re: Why you should get everything in writing (long)

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From: Eirik Lygre
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 13:44

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In article <19930108144414.h198@hosp.med.umich.edu> h198@hosp.med.umich.edu  (Gene Mangum) writes:
>
>  [stuff deleted]                                           But, unless
>  IBM is restricted by M$ on providing the driver, they should come
>  across with the code.   And if they are restricted by an M$ copyright,
>  they should say so.
> 
>  [more stuff deleted]
>
>  Gene Mangum
>  Univ of Michigan Hospitals

According to Bob, IBM did say that the source code was owned by Microsoft:

In article <1993Jan7.192103.16828@netcom.com> rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain) writes:
> To my amazement and consternation I was told that the original contact
> that had made the promise was retired and wrong.  In fact the source
> code was owned by Microsoft and could not be released to me by IBM.

The *very* stupid part on IBM, was not telling Bob this until it was too
late.

Eirik

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