At 12:05 PM 6/14/2006 -0400, Adam wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:54:02 -0500 "L. V. Lammert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Huh? What world are you living in? Export regulations for US companies are
> EXTREMELY onerous, and if a company wants to do business internationally,
> they have a ton of lawyers on staff playing games with things like this.
The real world. The one where making up complete nonsense doesn't make
it true.
Unfortunately, the 'Real World' seldom is aligned with the US Feds! Just
ask anyone that deals with Exports or the IRS. Sometimes it's truly amazing
that this country actually CAN get something done!
> The fact that a company restricts documentation to US download to satisfy
> export concerns is quite valid.
No, it is not. There are no export concerns over documentation.
Huh? Better get yourself a lawyer before you land in jail! OTOH, you're not
in the US, so that explains the problem.
> It's obvious you have never tried to export anything from the US with more
> horsepower than a 386!
Documentation does not have more horse power than a 386. Its bad enough
that hifn employees make up bullshit like this, but why do random idiots
insist on defending their lies?
We can all call the lawyers idiots (I'll be the first most of the time),
but, unfortunately, those of us in the business world must deal with them
AND various federal agencies. Ivory towers don't survive very long when
dealing with the Feds! Even those that TRY don't survive very long - just
look at Waco and Ruby Ridge.
Bottom line - nobody is going to change the US export regulations, we just
have to deal with them. If the license on vendor h/w & s/w **IS** to our
liking, there's no reason to dis them just because some lawyers MAKE them
verify that anyone downloading the docs is within the legal 'sphere' of
commerce. If registration is the ONLY complaint we have, that just COULD be
a symptom of their lawyers, so blame THEM and not everyone else.
Lee
