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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Non-Disclosure - How about respecting it?
Message-ID: <18415@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 1 Feb 91 06:57:13 GMT
References: <1991Jan30.205801.8210@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <572.27a7dea0@vger.nsu.edu> <1991Jan31.192107.14549@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jan31.192107.14549@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>	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.

	Well, if we know about it we can consider doing something about it.
If you see a developer-only KS on a BBS, you might consider send mail to CATS
(not me, please, I get plenty already).

>	I know that technically the 2.04 and kickit are not to be
>discussed, but I'm sure there are much better examples.

	Well, you (and others) keep referring to it as 2.04.  It might well
be called that, but then again it might not.  Calling it 2.04 in public places
(like here) can cause users who don't understand we're referring to an 
unfinished beta to say "2.04?  Why don't I have that, Commodore must have
released it."  They then go out an run it, not knowing that it is unfinished
and not necessarily safe for them to be running (or worse yet, the hit 
temporary bugs we wouldn't release with, and tell all their friends not to
buy Amigas because new releases are so buggy).  They can even get (actually
easily) misimpressions from seeing bug/compatibility reports for Beta's posted
all over the nets, if they don't understand the context.  There are formal
channels for reporting bugs.  There are private discussion areas where
Commodore and registered developers can have frank discussions (since everyone
is disclosed and registered).  This takes place on BIX (for US developers,
European developers have a separate system).

	I've explained it as well as I can, so I think I'll shut up now.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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The compiler runs
Like a swift-flowing river
I wait in silence.  (From "The Zen of Programming")  ;-)