More surveys. Protecting software development from programmers

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Author: Mr. Themos Pentakalos; ADMIN-COM...
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 01:07

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Hi everyone.
I have a question, which I hope you can help me with. This, once again,
is material for a research which I am doing on computing, etc.

Currently, there are companies in the US which are making use of
programmers abroad (Russia, etc.) for software development at
low man hour costs. How can these companies protect their software
from getting stollen by the programmers themselves and getting sold
to other companies?

The big question is that the American companies have no way of using
US law to protect them outside the US.

Are there technological means of protecting software as it is being
written? As in password protected hardware, etc??? I don't know...

Any ideas?

Thanks and please reply to    themos@umbc5.umbc.edu

Re: More surveys. Protecting software development from programmers

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Author: James P. H. Fuller
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 14:12

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In article <1992Aug16.010730.29295@umbc3.umbc.edu> themos@umbc5.umbc.edu (Mr. Themos Pentakalos; ADMIN-COMP) writes:

>Currently, there are companies in the US which are making use of
>programmers abroad (Russia, etc.) for software development at
>low man hour costs. How can these companies protect their software
>from getting stollen by the programmers themselves and getting sold
>to other companies?
>
>The big question is that the American companies have no way of using
>US law to protect them outside the US.

     Ho, ho, ho.  How can they exploit others without, themselves, being
exploited in turn?  If I knew of a method you can be sure I'd keep it a
deep dark secret.
                                            -- jf

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