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Re: Let's be realistc (WasRe:MoreVenomAnyone? (WasRe:Givethemabreak (was:Hey,like,isanyonethere?)))
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Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:41:00 GMT
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"James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message
news:G8npDr.Ep3@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.cad, Charles Eric McCarthy writes:
> > Why exactly do the people going to the "Train summit" or "CAD summit"
> > need to sign NDAs and to get inside information? You don't need
> > to sign an NDA to share your ideas with TLC. So I conclude that
> > the desire among the participants to learn inside information is
> > greater than their desire to be able to speak freely. Or maybe
> > they haven't thought of it in those terms yet.
> > (This is a general comment, not directed to any participant in
> > particular.)
>
> Well, I'm not someone under an NDA, nor have I played on on TV, but...
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> The simple answer is "Because LEGO Direct asked them to." and that's about
> it, really. LD initiated these meetings, and it's their call how to do
> them. But even aside from that, how many people here wouldn't leap at the
> chance, if asked by LD: "We'd like to get your input and opinion on
> (whatever), but you'll have to sign an NDA because we don't want the
> information public yet"? I know I sure as heck would.
>
> I don't think it's an ego-tripping "I know something you don't know"
> thing(1), more of an "I've got a chance to meet & influence the people who
> make decisions". It's this second thing that you need to weigh against 'the
> desire to be able to speak freely', which is a very different balance than
> what you infer above.
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> Like I said above, I think being able to talk to & (possibly) influence the
> decision makers would be worth agreeing to LD's release schedule of
> information. I think most people here would feel the same.
This makes a lot of sense. I gotta get caught up on work (school) and
sleep....then I'll probably dive into this and field a few more concerns people
have. I'm also struggling to get my email through SpamCop with some changes of
theirs, but I'm definitely awaiting email from LEGO Direct on some things.
-Tim
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| (...) Well, I'm not someone under an NDA, nor have I played on on TV, but... The simple answer is "Because LEGO Direct asked them to." and that's about it, really. LD initiated these meetings, and it's their call how to do them. But even aside from (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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