Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you, Jim! A very good assessment of Erwin´s situation. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 11. maaliskuuta 2002 19:16 Aihe: [Leica] Re: Rangefinder Whiteout Problem - The Answer from Leica >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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html