On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:40:26 -0600, the infamous Don Foreman
scrawled the following:

On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:18:32 -0800, Tim Wescott
wrote:



You wouldn't say that if you read the source code for a few products
with embedded processors. Embedded software is the ultimate Rube
Goldberg artifact, it's just well hidden.

You shred mechanical drawings so your competitors can't copy your product.

You shred electrical drawings so your competitors can't get an idea of
how you think.

You shred source code so your competitors won't laugh at you.

A corollalary is that you conceal test data to try to avert predation
by lawyers and politicans.

That brings a thought to mind: Has anyone sued the AGWK "pushers" for
pushing bad data on the world, costing it needless billions of
dollars? I haven't read of anyone trying to recoup their costs yet,
but stay tuned!

--
The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook