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From: doug-merritt@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SDP
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Date: 21 May 88 22:51:50 GMT
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Wilson Cheung writes:
> It certainly sounds like ASDG as a company is in serious trouble.

Perry replies:
>By the way Wilson, your comment is not appreciated.

Agree...companies cancel products under development all the time
in order to *stay* healthy by avoiding making mistakes. Presumably
Wilson has not been involved with computer product R&D companies, else
he'd know that.

>Absolutely not. In fact, we're undergoing some pretty radical expansion.
>Our test  and development  facilities  have risen by a factor of 10. Our
>staff has doubled.  And our  design  and production capability has never
>been better.

Please be very cautious, Perry...I've seen firsthand many companies
run into trouble due to radical growth. One of the biggest problems that
can arise is one of structure; it's hard to optimize corporate organization
when A) "everyone" is new and somewhat green, and B) things are changing
faster than you can think about them.

Notable counterexamples include Apple and Sun, both of whom grew at
an incredible pace and did not fall apart under the stress. So please don't
feel that I'm criticizing. Just "forewarned is fore-armed".

>Don't take a business decision and net silence as a sign of poor health.
>Rather take it as getting  down to hardcore development.

Great, glad to hear it! I'm always interested to hear what's going
on with ASDG. I find your company's track record to be quite admirable.

It's a shame that the SDP will be disappearing altogether. Would it
be feasible to license the design, or offer it as a kit, or some such???
	Doug
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