Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!necntc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!certes.UUCP!doug From: doug@certes.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: LIVE paleontology Message-ID: <8707181004.AA14104@unisoft.UNISOFT> Date: Sat, 18-Jul-87 01:51:35 EDT Article-I.D.: unisoft.8707181004.AA14104 Posted: Sat Jul 18 01:51:35 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 21:03:52 EDT Sender: uucp@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 29 George Robbins recently wrote: >I'm sorry if Paul's response was unsatisfactory or seemed abrasive, but it >really isn't within the perogatives of the technical/support people from >Commodore that post to usenet to posit theories about why management made >some particular product decision. > ... >This is not a particularly pleasant piece of evasiveness to post, but please >try to understand our situation... That's fine, George, in fact I did understand that. Recall that I didn't demand that CBM respond...I posted a rumor that CBM seemed to be at fault, and Paul volunteered that he didn't think I should say anything about the subject. I won't hold it against him, but it is a patently ridiculous response. Although some may disagree, I *still* think that a really powerful CEO would have gotten a digitizer on the market come hell or high water, and if LIVE didn't fit the bill, a brand new one could've been designed from scratch with a few months. Since that didn't happen, there was a clear case of myopia in top management...somebody didn't notice how important a product it could be for launching the Amiga. So even if it was A-Squared's technical problems or something that caused the delay, I still fault CBM as well for not taking *care* of the problem. Passing the buck (by action, not verbally) is not good enough. Results count, and the Amiga market has lost revenues. (Note that when I say pass the buck, I'm not talking about assigning blame, which everyone has carefully avoided doing, I mean taking it upon oneself to get something done, regardless of problems.) Doug Merritt {ucbvax,sun}!unisoft!certes!doug