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Posted by takemehomegrandma on 06-Dec-2002 10:54 GMT | In reply to Comment 21 (JoannaK): > Ah. what to heck.. Sue me Alan for making this one liner my new signature :)
He can try to sue me too, because I'm going to make some quotes here (but he has no case anyway, since his original message is posted in a public form from the start, you don't even have to register or join any group to see it. It's completely open on the web.).
Alan> Well I must admit that for all the fuss he was making I really did expect
Alan> that they had actually invested in a real chip, not just a couple of small
Alan> gals.
Well, it's the result that counts, isn't it?
"I really thought they had some *big macho chips*, some good looking chips, and not those two small pathetic ones. Big chips are impressive, but I really can't be impressed by those small ones. Small chips are only annoying".
Geez ...
Alan> The fact that Thendic may have found yet another problem with the Pegasos
Alan> board and have chosen to put a 40cent GAL on to make a marketing statement,
Alan> rather than alter the OS kernal and firmware
BBRV: "We finally solved all this a week and a half ago. Plus, we have added a couple of other features that are better accomplished in hardware than software (and don't believe a few lines of code will make the first patch work)."
And how missleading it is to speak about 40 cents hardware, as if it was the hardware in this case that was the interesting part (it's only an ugly attempt to belittle Genesi's efforts). The interesting part is the R&D resources that Genesi has put down to track the bugs and find corrections for it. And as Neil Thomas said above: "The extra chips are Lattice Vantis CPLD's (Complex Programmable Logic Devices). Whow knows what the code does?". Coding the chips means even more R&D resources. The cost of the "40 cents hardware" is only interesting when it comes to correcting faulty boards.
Alan> The important point is to see the whole announcement for what it is, a
Alan> desperate means to try to throw serious doubt on any competitive products.
It's a pity that he looks at it that way. It was an invitation for cooperation. It was (and still is, IMHO) a business opportunity for Eyetech. I mean, eyetech sells Teron mobos that are identical to Terrasoft's Teron mobos, but to a much higher price. Genesi is offering Eyetech to sell the Pegasos as A1 instead. The Pegasos is superiour to the Teron featurewize, and they would make more money in two ways:
1) Higher quantity - Lots of people on the Amiga market (including myself) would *never* buy that bulky (and buggy?) Teron board and keep investing in it and filling its PCI slots just to get it up and running the way we want (adding sound, adding firewire). The Pegasos is the only thinkable alternative for many of us.
2) Better profit margins - BBRV: "We know what Eyetech pays for the Teron/A1; we know what the A1 distributors pay. We would be willing to match the prices all around less 5% and provide an immediate solution to the community. We make the Pegasos. Eyetech does not. We have many of the same distributors. We can compensate Allan Redhouse through his success (something he is clearly about to loose with YDL Teron pricing). Hyperion too." And: "If we pulled eveyone together on this we might even honor those $50 coupons!"
I whish that Eyetech would make contact with Genesi to see if they really mean what they say:
BBRV: "We can forget the past if you can. We need to get into the same boat. Amiga Inc. has lost its leadership mantel. Selling coupons, promoting unachievable concepts and making wild claims about the next deal have worn tired and false." And: "We will give Hyperion a board. We will support the A1 Betatesters as we have our own. We don't have to trade sources or get Ralph having a beer with Ben, but we could all move ahead this way."
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