So, Joe, are you more clever after reading those answers ?
:)

Vasile

On 6/19/07, Jinx <joecolquitt@clear.net.nz> wrote:
> > Better still, posting a link to an example of a prior product would
> > be useful. Or several. Plus, telling us what the product is. I'm sure
> > you could trust everyone here to not rush out and beat you to the
> > punch. If this makes one feel a little uncertain and wanting to keep
> > the information from the list then one may have some idea of how
> > the NDA issuer also feels
>
> Well, duh
>
> > There are zillions of products in the world that are crying out
> > to be made, or remade or invented anew in some better way.
> > Why is the one that the client brought to attention suddenly the
> > preferred one ?
>
> Because I've got it market-ready and the client isn't taking it to
> market ? That's the whole point
>
> > Did the client in fact add something which has sponsored this
> > interest?
>
> No
>
> > Did they add even perhaps just perspective, a clue to potential,
> > a new enthusiasm for an old idea?
>
> No
>
> > Given the sudden enthusiasm for THIS product over any of the
> > other zillion products that could be made, might they not have
> > some justification for feeling miffed that THIS is the one that has
> > suddenly been chosen as randomly good to work on ?
>
> I don't make the client's business decisions
>
> > Does the client want to not proceed because they have found
> > another developer who offered a better price or better terms etc?
>
> No
>
> > Might not the whole idea of the NDA have been to have the
> > ability to discuss the idea with several developers to seek a
> > price without having them decide to do it themselves? - ie more
> > like the "restraint of trade" that someone suggested rather than
> > an NDA per se
>
> I sincerely believe there is nothing Machievellian going on. The
> client just doesn't want to do it anymore
>
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