Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!hplabs!well!ewhac From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Aegis rumor (?) Summary: That's just what they are: Rumors. Message-ID: <7148@well.UUCP> Date: 19 Sep 88 08:54:18 GMT References: <34@usl-pc.usl.edu> Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Organization: Surf Nazis Must Die! Lines: 109 Quote: "This is stupid." -- Vila "When did that ever stop us?" -- Avon In article <34@usl-pc.usl.edu> elg@killer.UUCP posts "The Unknown's" article: >* Origin: Rising Star - Dallas (Origin of Echomail) (Opus 1:124/206) >From: The Unknown >To: All Amiga User's Msg #242, 10-Sep-88 04:49pm >Subject: Aegis Development > >This file is for anyone who owns an Amiga or anyone who knows someone >who owns one. [ handwave, handwave ] One of the major software >distributors - Aegis Development, Inc. has recently seen a major >staff shakeup. [ ... ] True. However, it has yet to be seen what the ultimate result of this will be. >Since his >recent replacement many actions have occured which are of great >importance to users of the Amiga; especially regarding money. [ ... ] >...Aegis has not paid any of >its developers in several months, I know this to be untrue. Some (overdue) checks have been sent to developers within the last month. >...even more importantly Aegis is >planning to center on the Macintosh II computer leaving the Amiga as >second Bfiddle. Aegis, being small, must take advantage of the software technology they have developed on the Amiga, and use it to crack the Mac-][ market and establish themselves there. While your blood may boil at this, take heart in the knowledge that Aegis will no doubt soak the unenlightened Mac-][ users for three to ten times what we pay for the stuff, which will leave Aegis with more resources to do Amiga stuff. >[ ... ] Mr. William Volk has resigned from the company [ ... ] ...And now works for Activi... er, MediaGenic. >Aegis is currently working with a severely limited staff >due to the resignation of their employees and a major cash flow >problem which may cause them no alternative but to file Chapter 11 in >the near future. They most certainly will if your boycott takes effect. >I have since realized that the Lights, >Camera, Action program does nothing that their VideoTitler program >doesn't do with exception to playing Sonix scores. This can easily be >done using Mark Riley's shareware program "Player" for the exact same >effect! Have you checked this? I heard that on-screen video can be synchronized to the Sonix score, which can't be done with Player. >Aside from this I would also like to emphasize that the >overall quality of Aegis programs has dramatically decreased within >the past year; from Diga! to their latest you can be guaranteed that >you will be faced with a visit from the Guru at leat a few times. As a beta tester for VideoScape 2.0 and Modeller 3D, I can state with near certainty that you will not see a Guru from these products. >Better yet, we [ We? Who are 'we'? Ed. ] >recommend a boycott of Aegis software and let them meet their obvious >fate. Wonderful. Stuart Ferguson just finished Modeller 3D, a perfectly wonderful program, and it is now available (I've seen two shrink-wrapped boxes, and I have one of them). Stu put a lot into this, and I think he deserves something out of it. I'd like to see him be able to eat well so that he can keep working on the iff.library in his spare time. Understand that, by boycotting, you will be hurting the very developers you want to see helped. Don't think I'm sitting on a high horse here. There is a certain software company (not Aegis) that owes me $2000 for what I consider to be some very good code I wrote for them. Now I could easily come here and say, "Penny-Pinching Septic Tank Software hasn't paid me my money! Boycott them until they submit!" and you'd all probably boycott them. But I haven't done that, largely because if I did, their sales would be (perhaps severely) depressed, and what chance then would I have of getting my money? So I bug them about it (probably far too infrequently) and I expect to get my money eventually. I should also probably nail them for 5.25% interest over the time they've delayed payment, but I doubt I could convince them to do that. >If this information helps at least one person out there then we >have done what we have set out to do. [ ... ] But if it damages one good person, have you done the right thing? One of the developers has told me that he's going to stick it out as long as he can. He believes that Barret is trying to put the company back together, and isn't ready to "stab him in the back" yet. His patience and unequivocal insistence paid off: He was paid for an overdue quarter. It remains to be seen if he'll be paid for the current quarter. But he thinks Barret can pull it off, and is willing to give him some space. For a while. It's okay to be pissed off and outraged at an obvious injustice. But be sure your response is appropriate and well-considered. [ Geez, when did I get so reasonable? ] _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape INET: well!ewhac@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: UUCP: pacbell > !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! 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