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Subject: Re: Promises, Promises: ColorBurst=Vapor?
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Date: 28 Apr 91 18:37:01 GMT
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> Don't worry about the Colorburst: it will never be released.
> Ever.  

   I am just amazed at the amount of venom people can spit out.
While I am not in favor of supporting/condoning companies who are
out to take advantage, you would think people would realize that
all this computer technology is in the realm of inventions.  Most
of it has never existed before.  We DON'T KNOW how long it takes
to develop/test/manufacture a new, or revolutionary, or different
piece of hardware or software.  These companies don't have crystal
balls, they have only educated guesses to go on.  If MAST has
their PAL version up and running, they may quite honestly have
believed the NTSC version would follow logically on its heels.
    In addition to this, companies are run by people.  Having
worked with several computer companies I know that most of the
techs have difficulty conveying what they are doing to the
managers, and the managers, with a minimum of technical computer
experience, have difficulty understanding what's involved in
getting a product through its last throes.  It's not that they're
not trying.  It's just that neither has sufficient knowledge of
the other's realm, and you don't get it as easily as sleeping on
your books.
    Give the guys a break, eh?  Mast isn't 'pretending' to be
working on Colorburst.  If they're like most developers, they're
probably sweating 90 hours a week to try to get this out the door
before they completely lose their market to other competitors.
Colorburst isn't Vaporware (press information created to
intentionally deceive people), it's Nearlyware (a product that's
almost done but has various unanticipated hurdles to overcome).

                                     Julie Petersen (LadyHawke)