Beans - Cooler Master admit act of espionage against Antec

[HEXUS]

Two words spring to mind... which perhaps ironically both hail from France - 'espionage' and 'dilettante'

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[kalniel]

Doesn't make sense. If it was private and invite only, wouldn't invite recipients have to confirm their attendance so the door list could be accurate?

[Revilgo]

Storm in a mini itx case.

[MadduckUK]

[llololloy]

Am I alone in thinking this isn't a big deal. I thought companies watched each other all the time.
It's not like they snuck into their R&D, this was a meeting with none antec people, how did they know one of them wouldn't go to coolermaster or zalman or lian li with some of the info?

[edzieba]

how did they know one of them wouldn't go to coolermaster or zalman or lian li with some of the info?

It's called a Non-Disclosure Agreement, or NDA, and they're legally binding. Breaking one generally means you can say goodbye to whatever relationship you had with a company, and find yourself in significant difficulty dealing with almost any other company. Nobody wants to work with someone who might leak information to competitors.

[llololloy]

I understand that, but I'm sure people take bribes. Wouldn't necessarily get back to antec. I just didn't think it was a big deal.
Maybe I'm just jaded in my old age and think everyone is up to something dodgy.