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Article #799Re: Microsoft Uses NDAs To Cripple Competitors (was: Guilty, 'til proven guilty
From: Roger
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 00:00
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On 4 Apr 2000 11:09:58 GMT, someone claiming to be Mark S. Bilk wrote:
>In article <m34s9i43ew.fsf@thyme.td.micromuse.co.uk>,
>Tim Haynes <piglet@glutinous.custard.org> wrote:
>>philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (phil hunt) writes:
>Rex Ballard has described how Microsoft uses non-disclosure
>agreements to prevent competitors like Linux from obtaining
>the details of various essential hardware and software
>interfaces. MS should be required to stop this practice,
>and the current NDAs should be rescinded.
You misspelled "Rex Ballard has posted unsupportable fantasies about
how Microsoft uses non-disclosure agreements to prevent competitors
like Linux from obtaining the details of various essential hardware
and software interfaces."
Or did you happen to miss my posting of the USB under Linux website?
>Search DejaNews ("power search") with:
>
>author = ballard
>
>keyword = microsoft & (non-disclosure | nda*)
And be sure to read the entire thread...
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