Odd floppy drives (Helitron)

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Gil Carrick wrote:
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>>>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.
>>>
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>>>Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage
>>>Computer Festival
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>>I suspect that it happened in some cases. The problem is that the claimant
>>needs to provide some evidence to back up the claim.
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> 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