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> In article <6842@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> I write:
>Well, here are the latest rumors that I have heard:

Today I received a letter from an Apple employee commenting about this
posting.  He expressed displeasure with the content of my posting, and reminded
me that I am under a non-disclosure contract with Apple.  Just to prove to him
that I have read it, here are the major points:

1.  CONSULTANT shall not...divulge to any unauthorized person any information
    designated as confidential by Apple.
2.  The restrictions shall not apply to information which (a) is known to
    CONSULTANT at the time of disclosure to CONSULTANT by APPLE, (b) has become
    publicly known through no wrongful act of CONSULTANT, (c) has been right-
    fully received from a third party without restriction on disclosure and
    without breach of the Agreement, (d) has been independently developed by
    CONSULTANT, (e) has been approved for release by written authorization of
    APPLE, (f) has been furnished by APPLE to a third party without a similar
    restriction on disclosure, or (g) has been disclosed pursuant to a
    requirement of law.

Most all rumors that I have heard have come from one of several trade publica-
tions, including ComputerWorld, MacWEEK, Macworld, MacUser, various user's
group newsletters, and correspondence on the Usenet with other non-Apple
employees.  This type of information falls under categories (b) and (c)
generally.

Let me apologize if I released anything that may hold to be true in the future.
In the future, I will go out of my way to credit sources of my information,
so if you don't want your name associated with the information, don't even
bother sending it to me.

Just to prove that I intend on continuing to provide reports to the network, the
message following this will include some more...

-Michael "I can never win" Niehaus


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