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genuinely appreciate your anecdote, it is interesting to know, but perhaps a bit distasteful in reply to his death.

by rjeli 5y ago

ggm 5y ago
Yes, perhaps it is. Eulogies and Obituaries are different things. I'm not here to eulogise him, for sure. He was a controversial figure in his own lifetime, a brilliant self promoter. Lord Alan Suger learned a lot of marketing tricks from him. There's something quintessentially British about promoting tech wizards as heros for making remarkably average product, but making it mass market. Sinclair electronics and Amstrad unquestionably took computing to the masses, in all its buggy variety. Sinclair's calculator made the V&A design gallery as an icon. It was pretty unusable, but stunningly beautiful. My dad refused to let me get one (he was a compsci professor) and I got a Texas instruments handheld instead.
hughrr 5y ago
It really irks me when someone is misrepresented when they drop dead. I’m personally fine with the parent poster’s comment because it’s exactly a fair representation of the guy’s products. They were mostly awful to some degree.
- Razengan 5y ago
  Why are you whining so much about anyone’s obituary? (Really see this guy’s comments) Who hurt you?
  - hughrr 5y ago
    I have a fair amount of experience with Sinclair products both from ownership and repair perspective. We should speak the truth of the dead and not lie to ourselves.
    - phaemon 5y ago
      Sure. You're a useless cunt and when you die it will massively improve the life of everyone you know. Welcome to the truth my friend.
      - dang 5y ago
        We've banned this account, not just for this egregious violation of the site rules, but because you've been doing it repeatedly for a long time and have ignored our requests to stop. Seriously not cool. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

genuinely appreciate your anecdote, it is interesting to know, but perhaps a bit distasteful in reply to his death.

by rjeli 5y ago

genuinely appreciate your anecdote, it is interesting to know, but perhaps a bit distasteful in reply to his death.

ggm 5y ago

Yes, perhaps it is. Eulogies and Obituaries are different things. I'm not here to eulogise him, for sure. He was a controversial figure in his own lifetime, a brilliant self promoter. Lord Alan Suger learned a lot of marketing tricks from him. There's something quintessentially British about promoting tech wizards as heros for making remarkably average product, but making it mass market. Sinclair electronics and Amstrad unquestionably took computing to the masses, in all its buggy variety. Sinclair's calculator made the V&A design gallery as an icon. It was pretty unusable, but stunningly beautiful. My dad refused to let me get one (he was a compsci professor) and I got a Texas instruments handheld instead.

hughrr 5y ago

It really irks me when someone is misrepresented when they drop dead. I’m personally fine with the parent poster’s comment because it’s exactly a fair representation of the guy’s products. They were mostly awful to some degree.

Razengan 5y ago
Why are you whining so much about anyone’s obituary? (Really see this guy’s comments) Who hurt you?
- hughrr 5y ago
  I have a fair amount of experience with Sinclair products both from ownership and repair perspective. We should speak the truth of the dead and not lie to ourselves.
  - phaemon 5y ago
    Sure. You're a useless cunt and when you die it will massively improve the life of everyone you know. Welcome to the truth my friend.
    - dang 5y ago
      We've banned this account, not just for this egregious violation of the site rules, but because you've been doing it repeatedly for a long time and have ignored our requests to stop. Seriously not cool. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.