Order of the Butterfly
Posts: 482 from 2008/8/10
Quote:ASiegel wrote:
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KennyR wrote:
I hear the Checkmate case has been cancelled. That wasn't because people said nasty things about it in forums. That's because an actual doer is being sat upon by the same old bullshitters who don't want to see anything new in Amiga land unless it's theirs, but are too mired in corruption or legal scandals to do anything themselves.
This is not exactly correct. The initiator still plans to ship a total of 500 cases, which might be enough to saturate the market in fact.
Apparently, the project is not lucrative enough to outsource the final assembly and shipping of the cases but the project founder has found it challenging to handle this all by himself in addition to his day job and other obligations so he currently has no plans to produce and sell additional batches. He did mention the idea to give up his day job and work on it full-time (!) but he is unwilling to do so while the A*(TM)(R) situation is as it is.
I do not think it is unfair to say that it is uncertain whether giving up a day job for this project would be a good idea regardless of any on-going legal disputes.
I think you've posted a fair portrayal of the situation.
However, in Stephen Jones' post A34 video there is much more:
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Secret meetings 11:50
and starting at about 34:00 (section on the future, where the same subjects are brought up again)
In Addition, the video from A34 of Mike's speech clearly illustrates another 3rd party (Philippe Lang) basically taking over the presentation on stage to make a similar point.
Source at about 17:50And then there's Jens...
In short, this is not just coming from one party and it sure seems that people trying to push for resolution here all have vested self interests. I hope they don't think they are mediating...
What happened since A34?
Once AmiWest uploads Mike's speech and q/a you're free to draw any conclusion you wish.
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