--- Ron Seybold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> If the board asks, I'll report my
> results.

fwiw, the board has formally requested ron to post his numbers....

> But I don't think the numbers say much that is meaningful
> about NDAs.

they sure don't....

> If the MPE community is
> lucky, it will be able to steer clear of the new Hewlett Packard
> Development Corp. in these negotiations.

lucky is an understatement!

> Instead of looking back at a nondisclosure arrangement that appears
> essential to HP's intellectual property negotiations, why not look
> ahead -- to what you will need from HP and OpenMPE to continue as an
> MPE user?

what he said! :-)           - d

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Donna Garverick     Sr. System Programmer
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Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are.
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