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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Non-Disclosure - How about respecting it?
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Date: 31 Jan 91 19:21:07 GMT
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In article <572.27a7dea0@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:
>Further by talking about it in public (even if you are not
>giving it away) makes those users who don't have it, seek
>it out.  That causes a support nightmare I would imagine
>for Commodore.  It sure would make me want to stop releasing
>"beta test" copies to the "registered" community.

	I'm afraid that there is very little Commodore can do to
prevent these leaks. Long before I got my A3000, we're talking WB
1.4 beta 3, there were pirate BBS's with the kickit/kick.22s.20
or some such. How Commodore is supposed to stop this, I don't
know.
	I know that technically the 2.04 and kickit are not to be
discussed, but I'm sure there are much better examples.
	-- Ethan


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