IP: Re: Oracle Leader Calls Spying Against Microsoft a `Civic Duty'

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 11:53:40 -0700
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: "Suzanne M. Johnson" <sjohnson () cncdsl com>
>
> keep in mind the context for these actions IS Silicon Valley, where 
> "Dumpster Diving" is an old, and not uncommon technique for obtaining 
> corporate intelligence.  Some large SV firms long ago started instructing 
> (drilling?) employees on the proper disposal of all types of information, 
> and what types of information to keep for what length of time.  One 
> company (you can guess) lost a particular lawsuit based on a handwritten 
> notation on one-on-one notes that a very senior executive had saved and 
> stored.  Lawyers discovered it on disclosure, and ever since training on 
> what to keep and not keep has been part of that corporation's culture.