S-Media's self-damaging NDA-happiness

[arne anka]

>> Does this scenario work well for S Media?
>
> No. Their NDA-happiness does seem very stupid, as they don't seem to
> have much of an edge against the bigger players besides their lack of
> overt hostility to free software development. (Okay, possibly cost, but
> I wouldn't know about that.)

wasn't there talk some time ago that om could not release the genuine  
nda'd docs, but could do their own from them which could be released, but  
they lack the manpower to do so?
if so, isn't there a way one of  the hardware geniusses on the list could  
join the nda and fabricate free docs from it or so?