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.