In reply to Comment 285 (hooligan/dcs): Yes, we do. We have many reasons. For one, it's all just way too damn convenient.You have a business card being handed out, by someone with Garry Hare's history, with "but hey, don't believe what it says on the card"? Not bloody likely.You have someone in this very thread (minator), whom we have at least as little reason to doubt as GH, reporting that whoever gave the card to BB appeared genuinely under the impression that the info on it was genuine. How could that be if GH impressed the fakeness of the card while handing it out?You have months and months and months of agitated debate (including incredible amounts of mud-slinging) over the whole card thing, and the man who is at the center of it chooses to let it all go on without comment.You have the incredible synchronicity between (a) GH handing out CEO business cards (at CTIA, March 17-19), (b) Garry Hare being cited in an AI court filing as someone with inside knowledge of AI's business (March 19th), (c) McBill testifying under oath that he is no longer CEO (March 30th), (d) AI supposedly selling AOS to Itec (April 23rd), and the whole business card thing breaking on ann.lu (Apr 26th) --- and yet you aren't the tiniest little bit suspicious of what weird and wonderful acts of manipulation GH committed during those 6 weeks?Want to hear my theory (and a theory it is, of course, no more)? In it, Itec is a subsidiary, or front, or otherwise controlled entity for the Dutch investors which, according to McBill's sworn testimony, are said to hold at least 50% of AI. When the shit really hit the fan in late 2002, early 2003 (eviction of AI, several default judgements, etc), they hired someone with some business clue (GH) to go in as new CEO and save what could be saved. McBill and Fleecy were, eventually, informed of this, and weren't happy. Meanwhile, GH tells all and sundry that he is going to be the new CEO of Amiga, and he is going to make money, no matter what. Except that, after an in-depth look at the business, he realizes there is only one thing of value, and significantly more debt than that value; In other words, no matter what, AI is going down; Its net value is negative. He reports back to Itec, who listen up at the "one thing of value" part, and go "OK, Garry, change of plan. You tell these clowns that we need toprotect the IP from Genesi, and would they please sell that diversion from their AmigaDE dreams for a symbolic price into a safe haven (i.e. to Itec). If they need motivation, tell them that in return, they won't be ousted". Then Itec, quietly and with lots of NDAs, tries to sell that one thing of value --- and fails miserably. So some months later, they go back to GH, and say "Garry, you know that whole make-money-no-matter-what thing, which we cancelled because of the debt? You think you could make it work if we give you the OS, but isolate the debt in the moribund AI?". Garry, always the smart one, says "Yeah, sure. I'll need some funding, of course, and my rates are tough --- but just think of what <buzzword> <buzzword> <buzzword> could mean to the 100+ million units mobile phone market. $$$$$$$!!!".Am I likely to be right? No way! Am I likely to be completely wrong? I doubt it. Is there *any* evidence, or even credible indication, that this is not exactly what happened? If so, I'd love to know about it. |