[84593] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Calling all NANOG'ers - idea for national hardware price quote registry
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul G)
Fri Sep 16 20:04:11 2005
From: "Paul G" <paul@rusko.us>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:53:14 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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From: "Marshall Eubanks" <tme@multicasttech.com>
To: <bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com>; "Matt Bazan" <Mbazan@onelegal.com>
Cc: <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: Calling all NANOG'ers - idea for national hardware price quote
registry
>
> Am I the only one who feels that an NDA, even an NDA with a vendor, is an
> agreement that should be honored ?
>
> I know they are silly in many case, but still...
yes, they are silly and, imo, highly unethical. with certain types of
equipment an individual vendor or a pair of vendors have a virtual monopoly,
so their actions and policies should be viewed in that light.
with that said, two wrongs don't make a right. if you try to make something
happen to change their behaviour, such as persuading them to act differently
or compelling them to do so through regulation or legislation - great and
many thanks. however, giving someone your word (this is what signing an
agreement means) - at least for me - means i'm going to keep it. if you are
not prepared to do so, don't give it/sign it. morality is about *your*
behaviour first and foremost, since you can't be held responsible for that
of others.
-p
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paul galynin
