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Is IOS Out?

 [1/5] from: dness:home at: 1-Nov-2001 12:59


IIRC IOS was scheduled to be shipped to some beta sites at the beginning of this week. I sort of expected some information exchange about how things were going to begin here shortly after that time, but so far---except for the pre-release of some screens---haven't seen much (any?) traffic. Did it begin to ship as scheduled? Is there discussion here I've missed?

 [2/5] from: greggirwin::mindspring::com at: 1-Nov-2001 12:17


Hi David, I haven't seen anything on it yet. --Gregg

 [3/5] from: allenk:powerup:au at: 2-Nov-2001 6:56


David, Nothing unusual about that. NDA's would limit discussion from those in the beta. Cheers, Allen K

 [4/5] from: dness:home at: 1-Nov-2001 16:08


Allen Kamp wrote:
> David, > > Nothing unusual about that. NDA's would limit discussion from those in the > beta. > > Cheers, > > Allen K >
Is that your experience? The betas that I have participated in, from the largest to the smallest companies have: (1) never precluded mention that the NDA existed if there was one; and (2) never precluded mention that the beta was `in process' at a minimum. A few alphas have been quite restrictive, IME, but betas are generally so public (public solicitation, as in this case) that it would be silly to have a super-restrictive NDA, particularly when the existence of the product has been pre-announced and its general description has been published, again, as in this case. So, IME, you're quite wrong about whether it would be `unusual' or not.

 [5/5] from: rgaither:triad:rr at: 1-Nov-2001 16:45


>Is that your experience? The betas that I have participated in, from the largest >to the smallest companies have:
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>general description has been published, again, as in this case. >So, IME, you're quite wrong about whether it would be `unusual' or not.
My experiences match Allen's - if they bothered with an NDA they were strict ones. I do agree however in that they were "Silly" to run them that way. :-) Rod. Rod Gaither Oak Ridge, NC - USA [rgaither--triad--rr--com]

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