Re: Informix vs Oracle, alleged trade secret theft

In article <32EF9942.1DE3@worldnet.att.net>, netac <netac@worldnet.att.net> wrote: .. > I have no problems with non-disclosures that allows the company to have >the rights for work I do for them while employed by them. I certainly >wouldn't expect to be able to take my source code from one company, move >to their competitor and just recompile it there and give them a system. >However, I do expect to be able to take a new job and take my brain with >me. My brain consists of things I have learned at every job I have >held, and no one has the rights to that. This is where these cases go >to far. If on my current job I become skilled in Oracle 7, and then >take a new job, my orignal company does not have the rights to my Oracle >skills that I take with me to my new job. Unfortunately, this is what >companies are doing. They want to own your skills and your mind and >claim you can't take it anywhere else, not just your tangible work >output... You've missed the entire point: it is not "your knowledge" that an employment contract hampers, but that knowledge you gain of company secrets. Your knowledge of Oracle 7 is general and freely available; a companies secrets are not. Nonetheless, Oracle has nothing to gain from Informix, unless it wants to take a giant leap backwards. Tom Scheeler