[Coco] Done

[Rogelio Perea]

The way the hardware and software has been developed for the CoCo 'market'
since production shutdown by Tandy has been handled in a *completely*
different way when compared with Hardwood's The Rainbow scanning project.
Yes there have been vaporware announcements and other things that actually
were made a reality and maybe could have used a better managed timing
table... but hey, this all has been done as a hobby and that is well
understood - I'll be the first to state so without hesitation.

But, none of those efforts were ever clouded with such hard lined
self-serving politics as with the Lonnie contract. What made it worst was
that comment from Michael, it came about as from a Lonnie appointed "The
Rainbow Policeman". Had I known (and probably the CoCo Community as well) of
that clause in the contract BEFORE signing it off, I would raised a red flag
and sought for a solid win-win scenario on the DVD project - as worded it
tilts heavily for Falsoft... and with all due respect to Lonnie and his
estate, Falsoft also owes a GREAT deal to the CoCo Community, without the
readership, and a dedicated & faithful readership it has been for years,
Falsoft wouldn't have reached the heights it did, it would have even never
existed at all!. Lonnie used to throw a quote "Falsoft, the house that The
Rainbow built".

That alone was the reason that prompted me to say I wouldn't have any part
of the project becoming one of its 'customers', and now it looks like the
whole thing has come dead stop. Unexpected?. No. It does not surprise me at
all after the details of such an ill-conceived contract came to light. Why
do I feel relieved? maybe we're better off that way... such a small group
threatened with legal action just because we support a common hobby, and
share information from time to time on it. It just doesn't make sense.



-=[ Rogelio ]=-



On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Mark Marlette <mark at cloud9tech.com> wrote:

> Kevin,
>
> This will be my only response to this. Not mad either.
> I have followed through on my projects all though it has taken way longer
> than I or anyone else would say to complete.
> Some look for reasons to not complete, I spend my time doing.
> I am not quitting, I will finish the SuperBoard project.
> Regards,
> Mark
>
>
>  At 8/16/2008 02:13 AM, you wrote:
>
>> Michael Harwood wrote:
>>
>>> When I made my agreement with Lonnie it was expressly stated that it was
>>> non-transferable.  This is to say that anyone who wished to have the same
>>> sort of deal if I decided to quit would have to negotiate it separately.
>>> ...... SNIP! -----
>>>
>> Oh no you don't!
>>
>> The following is conjecture on my part. And thus may be false. But ...
>>
>> YOU allowed this contract to be negotiated with only YOU as the point man.
>> I can not conceive of it not being possible to have two or even three people
>> in the drivers seat. What with life having a pesky habit of getting in the
>> way it would have been a prudent thing to do. So I suspect (could be wrong
>> here) YOU wanted the glory. And it was also YOU who got everyone fired up by
>> actually getting this thing started. Now YOU (wounds and all) need to get it
>> finished. Didn't I read a while back that the light at the end of the tunnel
>> is visible?
>> ... SNIP! ...
>>
>