Re: Huge White Elephant in the room

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>]

On 8/2/09 3:58 PM, in article TvKdnao6LK96cujXnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d@giganews.com,
"Steven Hirsch" <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote:

> James Littlejohn wrote:
>> Since nobody has mentioned it, let me point out, that there is a 'Huge
>> White Elephant in the room'.
>> The Carte Blanche failed to perform, or even attempt to operate at
>> Kfest.
>> There has been no news or updates on the 'technical' problem that was
>> encountered.
>> I, for one, was looking forward to this card and the possible options
>> that it would bring to the Apple II world. I would think an update
>> every so often would ease the potential buyers indecision's about
>> making a $200+ investment.
> 
> I have a lot of faith in the folks behind the Carte Blanche.  Both Steve and
> Alex are experienced engineers who earn a living designing things a lot more
> complex than the CB.  It's summer and they also have families and "real" lives
> outside the A2 community.  Dealing with Chinese OEMs is frought with
> complexity, particularly in the situation of a low-volume design.

Agreed. Look at what happened to that Commodore handheld, what was it
called? All of them had color issues because the Chinese OEMs screwed it up
after the prototype and QA stage.

I really do not have much interest in the device, but I'm more interested
because I've seen the failures of the past, been part of them and don't want
to see my Apple friends go through that after they've gotten their hopes up
and all.