Following the recent news about David Donatelli’s sudden defection from EMC to HP, blogging pundits jumped at the opportunity to debate the nature of non-compete agreements.

Over the past couple of days I have read more than a dozen blog entries on the topic, written by industry analysts and veterans, and [in my humble opinion] every last one of them - including StorageMojo’s own Robin Harris - completely missed the big picture. (more…)