The key phrase is *about to* Most failed startups are responsible for their own deaths because the marketing geniuses overestimate demand for the gizmo, then react by changing its specifications until the money is gone. A last-minute acquisition at least saves the jobs of a few engineers. The "almost finished" product is often a mess.
-- Mike Treseler
sure! it could be they would have died anyway. but now we never know.
Antti
If a group of people is lost in the desert, about to die of thirst, and somebody rescues them, gives them shelter, adopts them and gives them productive work, is that bad ? Yes, we will never know whether they might have finally found an oasis... But if you ask those people now, the are happy to be in the X tent. Beats being a white skeleton in the desert. Peter Alfke
Peter,
I was almost to write to you and personally to appology of being to hardneckig on some issues, because I think I may have lived some of my personal frustration out.
The last employer not only fired me while i was thinking that I was on vaccation, they did not last paycheck before I had to sue them, and then they lied to the unemployment agency that "I did not come to work REPEATEDLY". This was of course reason to cancel 3 months un- employment aid payments. I will not name the company. But bizzarre is that that company uses illegal nonlicensed development software (Xilinx, Mentor, Synplicity...) on more than 6 work places, and does military contracts where it uses unlicended Xilinx IP cores (with fake license!). And they dare to lie to the employment agency just for revenge (because I sued to get last paycheck)! Well some lessons are pretty hard.
I think we watch "Joe vs Volcano" today, looks like one of those days.
Antti stands up and goes and brings his wallet. opens it, and translates text from paper under the inside transparent pocket:
"Loan Notice
I, Antti Lukats, did borrow 10 (ten) EUR from the money directly donated for the food for my children" /A. Lukats/
I was working at that company at that time. I cant pay back those 10 EUR ever, I need to wait for my children to grow up to understand and "clear the loan". Til that time that loan is not paid back.
Eh, maybe that all is still not enough excuse of my harsh words regarding the death of Triscend. And sure the folks are happy at X, I believe that, its just pitty that some products die because of marketing decisions.
cheers everyone, Antti
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