How do you figure that reverse engineering is an acceptable method of
R&D or design? Reverse engineering is an easy way to replicate a
design. Since the company creating the product, in this case IBM,
spent millions developing the machine, they would be entitled to some
exclusivity. How fair is it for every competitor to reverse engineer
their machines to mimic the IBM box, and not compensate IBM for that?
At least MOBO manufacturers use different chipsets and moderately
different designs. I don't believe they are reverse engineering Intel
boards, nor is AMD reverse engineering Core Duo's.
Doug
At 10:28 31-12-07, you wrote:
Interesting argument, kind of reminds of an exchange in the movie "Godfather":
Tatalia : ... I'm talking about all the politicians he carrys in his
pocket ...
Barzini : ... He must let us draw the water from the well ... off course Don
Corleone can present a bill for his services. We are not communists
after all ...
To me it seems IBM is going way beyond "keeping their secrets". It seems
they are trying to outlaw all reverse engineering and all emulation.
Looks very
much like a text book example of "unfair business practice" to me though a
legal expert can surely disagree.
snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Mohammad
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