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To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (17145)	10/26/1998 5:47:00 PM
From: Thomas Sprague	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

In my experience the use of NDAs or Secrecy Agreements are very common. They are utilized when company a is interested in buying or licensing company b's technology. The use per the agreement is limited to evaluation and presumes later negotiations over prices, terms etc. They also invariably contain boiler plate including: provable prior technology owned by company a, technology already in the public domain, technology which subsequently becomes public through no fault of company a. All these leave room for a lot of legal wrangling later. Bottom line -- I wouldn't read too much into this agreement. Thomas Sprague