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In article <1993Jan7.200819.27774@fcom.cc.utah.edu> brian@jaguar.cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
> In article <1993Jan7.192348.17502@netcom.com> rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain) writes:
> >Oh, if there is anyone who is as disenchanted as I that uses the OS/2
> >compuserve forums I would appreciate having my last post transcribed
> >to there.
> >
> >Bob
> 
> If someone else has not already done so, I'll put your last post on
> CompuServe this evening.
> 
> For the newcomers to this group, I'd like to point out that back even before
> there was a comp.os.os2.advocacy, Bob Cain was a regular contributor to
> comp.os.os2.{misc,programmer}.  He was a near-FANATICAL OS/2 supporter.
> If I remember correctly, he is also a former IBM employee that remembered
> his former employer fondly.  Definitely not the sort of person that
> would leave OS/2 easily.
> 
> I too was an OS/2 supporter then (though not as big a one as Bob Cain), but
> due to similar silliness on IBM's part, changed mainly to the Microsoft camp.
> 

Bob's real mistake was going ahead with quiting his job *before* he had the
source code in hand *or* a written agreement signed by someone in authority
allowing him to have it. 
 
In the first instance, he would have no trouble. In the second, he could sue
for damages on the default of the contract. 
 
I feel sorry for Bob. He has always been a worthwhile contributor to this
newsgroup and others. But he made the classic mistake of not covering his
butt. He could have spared himself a lot of money and anguish if he had dotted
all the i's and crossed all the t's.

I see this sort of stuff happening all the time. It's sad, but you have to
have it all signed, sealed and delivered before yu bet your livelihood on it.


Steve

 
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