26 Sep
2005
26 Sep
'05
12:59 p.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Gil Carrick wrote:
For certain. I've heard plenty of stories of people getting screwed out
of their ideas. In most cases it's their fault, either for being naive or
for being careless.
The problem usually is that they don't have anything other than their
recollection to back up their claim.
That's why you need an NDA before you show anyone anything.
Peace... Sridhar
I've
seen this kind of thing a lot: one person claims that
they invented somesuch and that some company came by, checked
it out, wished them well, then went off and stole the technology.
...
Sellam Ismail
Vintage
Computer Festival
...
I suspect that it happened in some cases. The problem is that the claimant
needs to provide some evidence to back up the claim.