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Derek Denny-Brown wrote: > Adding no-public-benchmark clauses to the EULA is something largely > beyond the control of the Msxml team. As to be expected in a large, > conservative company like Microsoft, the default is locked down, > raise-your-hand-to-visit-the-restroom type wording. Anything else > requires jumps through flaming hoops of legalese. The clause is there > to avoid the classic problem of people disregarding all published > best-practices, and write a test which shows that the product is X times > slower than some other product, i.e. it helps protect against overly > contrived benchmarks. This is *no* excuse. What a complete utter unmitigated atrocity. -Tim
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