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At 5:43 AM -0500 5/22/01, Andy Ewen wrote: >I know to the outside, Gibson appear to buy and destroy small companies, >but >the reality is, these guys are usually in serious trouble before Gibson >step >in; we were. For some it's too late, Opcode being an example. I now know >the >real reasons for the failure and closure of such businesses and it cannot >be >blamed on any callous act by Gibson. >Having spent quite some time now with Henry Juszkiewicz, I have nothing >but >respect for him and his vision, he's not the mad megalomaniac some would >like to believe. Well, I guess I must just hang out with losers. Most of the reports I've gotten over the last ten years or so are that he's a bipolar type who is charming and enthusiastic at the outset but quickly turns into a raging litigator when the acquired company doesn't reach a 30% increase in profits in the first year. At 1:27 AM -0700 5/22/01, Kim Flint wrote: >And I certainly don't see the point of trying to destroy the folks here >who >have put so much of themselves into creating new looping tools and >instruments for this group. Whether you grasp it or not, that's exactly >what you seem to be proposing. Matthias might finally stand a chance to >make back some of the large amounts of time and money he invested in all >of >this. (me too, although not nearly so much.) Why do you want to take us >down and deny us that, after all the work we've done for you? It IS all >connected. You can't harm one part without harming the other. I didn't expect my suggestion to be taken seriously, and I don't have any I'll will toward those on the Echoplex team. I just wanted to provoke some discussion of the faustian nature of doing business with Gibson. Clearly you folks are benefiting from Uncle Henry's benevolent mode. Others have been less fortunate. -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz