Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!bsu-cs!mithomas From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Price Lists, Rumors Message-ID: <6878@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Date: 21 Apr 89 05:55:08 GMT References: <6842@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <23349@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, IN, USA Lines: 41 > 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 -- Michael Niehaus UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!mithomas Apple Student Rep ARPA: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu Ball State University AppleLink: ST0374 (from UUCP: st0374@applelink.apple.com)