Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rice!bcm!uhnix2!uhnix1!sugar!ssd
From: ssd@sugar.UUCP (Scott Denham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SDP
Summary: Pinch me, am I awake ???
Message-ID: <2030@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 20 May 88 05:04:41 GMT
References: <1953@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <5992@well.UUCP>
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Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article <5992@well.UUCP>, perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz) writes:
  
> The SDP has been dropped  from ASDG's future plans due to the
> unmarketability of the  product.  Here's  why we consider the
> product unmarketable:
  
( munch, munch, munch of digested lines)
 
> So sure, we made some mistakes.  But  noone  will suffer as much
> for these mistakes as we will. And  noone will profit from these
> lessons learned, as we will.
> 
  (munch)
> So you can look forward to  some  pretty funky stuff coming from
> ASDG in the future. For example, we've brought an industry stan-
 (chomp)
> the A2000. We're looking for software developers who see vertic-
> al market opportunities with this board. Contact us,  we'll pro-
> vide the board and help you locate the right daughter board.
 
> Anyway, I don't want to stray into too much commercialism. I did
> want to dispell any rumors concerning the SDP and explain why we
> have decided that it's too late to try to market it.
> 
> Perry Kivolowitz

 All I can say, Perry, is that you've lost no credibility with ME, and
you have my admiration for coming out in simple bs-free terms as to what
happened to the product and why. You can't be expeceted to provide good
support to your customers by concentrating on a dead-end product. I had
great hoipes of getting an SDP for my very own, but you"re right, at 
todays market I wouldn't pay nearly $1200 for one - it's just not worth
it (even if it costs that).  My condolences on your unfortunate decision.
'twas a great idea, and I hope the inspiration and engineering that went
into it find their way into one of your other fine products.!
 
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       Scott S. Denham
       Western Atlas International
        Houston, Texas
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 The opinons expressed herin are solely my own (or else those of this
 #&&#& cat sleeping on my head)