Surprised I Got Goliath to Flinch
Just got out of a meeting with my manager. Seems a vendor I've been dealing with here at the Shop is unhappy about the fact that I have posted my experiences dealing with them and their products. Given that they are a multi-million dollar company and I'm a developer, the decision to take all references to them, their people, and their software down was easy. I just did it.
But it's gotten me to thinking... why threaten legal action to someone who's unhappy with your product? It's not like there are real trade secrets that I revealed, at least none that I recognized as such. Sure, there were discussions about architecture and the pros and cons of the design, but I have a feeling that had I said nothing but glowing things about the company and product I might not have been asked to remove them. But maybe so. Maybe they just don't want people talking about them.
Either way... I took it down. But I can't help but wonder who was watching and why. Maybe they have a legal team just scanning the net 24x7 looking for things like this. It's certainly possible. It's just amazing to me to think that my comments generated this level of excitement.