Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Anybody out there ever hear of NDS? Non Disclosure Agreement. I sign them all of the time with Silicon Valley companies. Companies that I am not a part of, receiving no pay from, but want/need access to their technology. Or they want to talk to me about my/our technology. We both sign them. The NDS states that I cannot divulge any company private information to anyone else. It is a very simple concept. All of the information that you all have right now about the M7 is BECAUSE Erwin was able to, as an independent and TRUSTED tester, write his reports ahead of time so that the moment that Leica said "go," he could publish his reports. We all got good information immediately. Without Erwin, we all would have only the Leica AG brochures and Leica AG web site information. Basically sales literature. Not in depth information that we all so desperately want. What's the old saying, "don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Bitch and moan too much about Erwin's ability to spent countless hours testing, writing, looking through archives, talking to designers, etc, etc, etc... and he will simply stop reporting to us. He will simply publish his findings, as he does now, without giving us the skinny first. We can read it a few months later in some language other than English. We are lucky that Erwin simply takes the abuse and continues to do he life's mission and passion. And continues to keep us informed, as best he can, with his findings. I personally believe that Erwin should simply cease reading the LUG, cease posting to the LUG, post only to his own newsletter and web site, and of corse, the publications that regularly carry his writings. And I would limit the newsletter subscriptions to those who are "not" cry babys about the fact that he has a better relationship with Leica AG than they have. And that he has signed a ND and must live by the rules or be cut off. Which, of course, would substantially reduce our knowledge about Leica products. Get a grip! Jim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html