AMD NDA Scandal

crazyeyes writes "Just two weeks ago, a Thai journalist walked out of the hush-hush AMD event in Singapore over a controversial NDA that required him to 'send any stories to the vendor before his newspaper can publish it.' AMD categorically denied it happened, but today, we not only have proof that it happened, we also have the sordid details of the entire affair. Here's a quote from the editorial: 'First off, the non-disclosure agreement covered everything confidential said or written over the next two years on the product, and had a duration of five years, during which anything published or used in marketing would have to receive written approval from AMD before it could be used. Worse, at the end of the five years, all copies of the information made would have to be returned to the chipmaker.'"

Comments

AMD more evil than once we thought?

[etinin]

It seems that the recent open-source commitment of AMD doesn't show that it's a not-so-much-evil company (no capitalist company can be good IMO) Guess AMD is getting the hang of this business... By the way, has Intel ever done something as stupid as this?

Re:Reading between the lines

[GISGEOLOGYGEEK]

This is modded interesting?

Come on, this guy isn't aware of the great benchmarks that have been coming out, and all the new press material AMD has released to support the imminent launch.

Ignorance is interesting. must have been an american modder.