Well, your close. I'm not Intronix, and I don't work for anyone. I'm retired. You may have already guessed this by the fact that I was using logic analyzers 25 years ago.
With regards to my connection to Intronix, I started out as just an enthusiastic customer/user of the their product. I became friendly with, and have had many conversations with the designer of the product. For a short while we even had an arangement where I was paid to do some of their tech-support (before they hired someone to do it full time). That's one reason I'm so intimently familiar with the product. And yes, I do still have certain privelages with the company - including email.
I came across this thread while looking for feedback on the Tektronix TDS1002B. I'm a bit of a test-equipment junky, and I saw a TDS1002B for sale cheap. I was considering buying it, though obviously won't after reading what users have said about them here.
When I saw a blow-hard self-appointed expert like yourself condemn a product which you hadn't even tried, one which I happen to know very well and am very impressed with, I couldn't resist taking you on. In the brief period that I did tech support for Intronix I talked to many happy users of their product. I was amazed at just how loyal people are to it. Some large companies have actually purchased dozens of them. There is something about the product which people seem to fall in love with. It's friendly to use and all of that, but I think the real reason might just be that for once, a PC-based test instrument meets its specs, and actually does what it says it will. My observation in the past has been that many don't.
So now you know where I'm coming from, but you've also revealed your motivation. In a word, it's jealousy. You *almost* did something meaningful 10 years ago, but you didn't have the where-with-all to put anything into production so you put it into the public domain instead. Now you resent anyone who has had commercial success in that market. I could tell from your comments that you just couldn't stand the thought of another soul buying that product. Darn the people at Intronix anyhow for following through on their efforts, and for being successful!
Don't feel bad though. I don't have the where-with-all to put anything into that market either. But I don't resent those who have.
So you can let the bee out of *your* bonnet now ;-}
Jim