[News] Eyetech talks about Terrasoft | ANN.lu |
Posted on 12-Mar-2003 05:59 GMT by Christian Kemp (Edited on 2003-03-12 08:46:13 GMT by Christian Kemp) | 146 comments View flat View list |
An anonymous reader links to this message by Alan Redhouse talking about Terrasoft, a possible 1.3Ghz CPU module, and XE delivery dates.
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Eyetech talks about Terrasoft : Comment 133 of 146 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Janne Sirén on 13-Mar-2003 16:34 GMT | In reply to Comment 130 (priest): >What we, the community, can do? We can learn. "Fool me once, shame on you.
>Fool me twice, shame on me." (common phrase of a known member of the Finnish
>amiga user group, future owner of pegasos ...)
If we are to make references, by all means, let us use names. I have no problem accepting that you are most likely referring to me. Nor am I claiming to have invented the phrase above (I believe it is an old saying), but I do use it often in refernece to some parties in the Amiga community.
Yet I have no interest or intention to blame Genesi for the mistakes of others. I will not judge them on the same merits I judge Amiga and partners, since I judge each and every party on the merits they have in my honest opinion earned for themselves. Genesi will crash and burn, succeed moderately or conquer the world on their own merits - and I will judge them on those merits as well.
You know me. Perhaps not personally but via the work I have volunteer done for the Amiga community here. You know I've carried a flag or two, and always for the official owners of the Amiga. I have learned my lessons. We've all grown a lot. I will no longer carry anyones flag, at least not blindly so. Nor am I carrying the Genesi flag, but they do have a product that may interest me - and yes, they did make an offer with a price-point I could not refuse.
But interest does not equal blind following. If anything, it is about giving others the same chance Amiga Inc. and partners had when they started. The benefit of the doubt. And you, I am sorry to say, look like you still feel too stronly about the name Amiga to realize this and to appreciate where I am coming from.
You judge Genesi the same way you judge Amiga, yet only the latter has been the failure it has - and only the latter deserves to be treated that way. When Genesi does something that looks like something Amiga used to do before they started to fail, you reference to that and criticize Genesi. But guess what, Genesi are not Amiga. They will succeed or fail on their own merits. I acknowledge their shortcomings (missed targets due to technology problems), but their successes with shipping products are far more impressive and their participation in the community commendable.
Bottom line: Genesi may succeed, or they may fail. They may do things I approve of, or they may not. They will get my feedback just like others have done. They have already gotten some of that. Negative too. I'm sure bbrv has my emails. But no matter what you say, I will give them the same chance I gave others. Minus the blind following. And that already makes their chance less than the one Amiga got - but that is as fair as I can honestly be. But you refuse to see that. |
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