I have seen many times a company will support products out of warranty and none of them have ever put in a NDA. Apple is just doing a duck and cover.
Jon On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com>wrote: > Did you RTFA? > > The product was out of warranty, think about the implicit liability they > take on by not asking for confidentiality. Now, is it stupid PR? Probably, > but that's different from the legal implications. > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Derek Lidbom<dlid...@trone.com> wrote: >> > >> http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/03/apple-most-assuredly-not-slapping-family-with-gagging-order-ov/ >> >> #ifdef RANT >> >> "A confidentiality agreement is standard operating procedure" >> >> BULL FSCKING SH*T. >> >> I do warranty/repair claims all the freaking time with any number of >> suppliers, and I have *NEVER* had to sign a confidentiality agreement. >> *EVER*. >> >> Good gods, is there anything Apple can do that won't have the >> fanboys and fangirls crawling out of the woodwork to defend them? >> >> I swear, Steve Jobs could sh*t in a box, and people would still be >> lining up buy it, and saying it doesn't smell. >> >> At least people *complain* about Microsoft's misdeeds. >> >> #endif >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~