Eric,

It is also considered "poor vision" if you didn't read the message to find
out that the specifications were POSTED TO THE LIST!!!! in the first place.

The original message was posted by James Newton ONLY (and I do repeat
ONLY!!!) after the customer gave James permission to post it.

Before you jump all over someone (like I'm doing to you), you might find out
the FACTS first.

Eric Smith wrote:

> michael brown <n5qmg@AMSAT.ORG> writes:
> > Naturally, this seems like a great opportunity for me to get my first
> > embedded project contract.
> [...]
> > > [customer email including specs deleted]
>
> A friendly word of advice:
>
> In general, it is considered bad netiquette to quote private email in a
> public forum.  But this is potentially even worse if you are divulging
> your client's (or potential client's) information such as
> specifications.  Even if you haven't signed an NDA, you shouldn't
> spread the information around, as a matter of professional ethics.
>
> It would be fine to ask for advice on the list for some specific detail,
> such as "what's a cheap PIC with at least four channels of 8-bit A/D",
> without divulging either the name of the client nor their full list of
> requirements.
>
> Perhaps your client has already made the information publicly available,
> or perhaps the client told you that it was OK to publicly discuss the
> project, in which case you've done nothing wrong.
>
> Of course, this is all just my opinion.  I welcome comments, criticism,
> and discussion.  Also, I'm not trying to be "holier than thou."  I've
> certainly made my share of mistakes and done things I'm not proud of.
>
> By the way, asking for advice on what PIC to use is not [OT].
>
> Best regards,
> Eric Smith
>
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