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Re: Microsoft and free speech
From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:03:41 +1300
rms () computerbytesman com wrote:
Yikes. I wrote a benchmark program which measures the overhead of a JavaScript program calling into a .NET class. The numbers were extremely small and I was quite impressed with how Microsoft was able to make COM and .NET play together so well. However, it now looks like I have to go to jail since this testing may have violated the .NET license agreement because I told other people how well .NET performs.
As I recall, the NY DA went after McAfee/Network Associates because of a similar "gag cluase" against publishing comparative reviews involving the McAfee AV products and McAfee lost (or settled out of court before it finally made it to trial??). I suspect that the "prohibition" you refer to is equally unforceable in the real world, as opposed to the cloud cuckoo land inhabited by a significant chunk of MS' corporate lawyer droids... ... That said, such a prohibition _might_ be "reasonable" on beta or other "pre-release" code where performance would specifically be expected NOT to be at finally optimized for release, and it might not be entirely unexpected of a vendor to try to protect itself from "possibly misleading" performance stats based on tests with such code. Regards, Nick FitzGerald _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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