We don't really see the same darkness looming ahead. Since the beginning of the year (1 January 2005), we have shipped machines to Norway, Canada, Israel and the USA (Ohio, California, Illinois and Oregon). We even shipped a board to Malta! Two of the machines that went to California went to Sun engineers. In December, we added a couple new countries when we shipped units to Singapore and Korea.
MorphOS went to all those places too.
The hardware is what makes money for the Company and getting as many people using it for whatever operating system they want to use is the key. That is the value proposition. How about a 7447A CPU card upgrade? How about a new design based on the 7448 or that long-in-coming blade? What about something mobile with a MiniMac price? These things are all possible when you have enough development going on to support the future offerings. The ODW is getting solid use and good reviews. Sony Germany is adding another Pegasos Server and T-Mobile has deployed four Phantom2 application servers running on the ODW. This project even ties into Zend Canaveral.
We have more opportunity today than we ever had.
All this discussion conjures up another comical sequence some may remember...
The Dead Collector: Bring out yer dead. [a man puts a body on the cart]
Large Man with Dead Body: Here's one.
The Dead Collector: That'll be ninepence.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.
The Dead Collector: What?
Large Man with Dead Body: Nothing. There's your ninepence.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.
The Dead Collector: 'Ere, he says he's not dead.
Large Man with Dead Body: Yes he is.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not.
The Dead Collector: He isn't.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm getting better.
Large Man with Dead Body: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
The Dead Collector: Well, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I don't want to go on the cart.
Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, don't be such a baby.
The Dead Collector: I can't take him.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel fine.
Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, do me a favor.
The Dead Collector: I can't.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
The Dead Collector: I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, when's your next round?
The Dead Collector: Thursday.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I think I'll go for a walk.
Large Man with Dead Body: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel happy. I feel happy.
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Good! Go for it! Take a walk. New ending...
Maybe we should have saved that for
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