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your analogy would be really cool and interesting if it applied in this case, but it doesn't. I was involved in the Crunchpad from day 1 and we actually built
by nikcub 17y ago
your analogy would be really cool and interesting if it applied in this case, but it doesn't.
I was involved in the Crunchpad from day 1 and we actually built a lot of things - long before anybody else came along.
You might have a different viewpoint if you have ever had anything you built or were involved with stolen from you. It sucks.
Not just from an IP perspective, but from a 'lets ride this wave while it suits us' perspective as well.
- alaskamiller 17y agoI recently got screwed over a project, too, and it does suck. And if anyone from TC contributed code, designs, and energy, then, of course, you deserve your take. This is a legal dispute between two parties and I hope a fair conclusion can come out of that. But I don't have any more information on the matter than the author of this blog post--unless you guys sent him all the legal papers or he's the arbitrator in the dispute, then by all means I'll eat my hat--and I find his use of flawed logic, piling on to the drama, and a mention of an unannounced and unseen Apple tablet is just... lame. Especially the part about wanting a tablet for $200. I want a pony that poops ice cream.
- codexon 17y agoWhat exactly did you work on? Not to be rude, but there was nothing original about the crunchpad except for the estimated price.
- sp332 17y agoHardware is hard. Board design, solutions to space and volume constraints, industrial design, etc. It's not the "specs" of the hardware that are original, it's the specifics. Edit: software / user experience design is also hard, that was probably included.
- codexon 17y agoTablet PCs aren't new.
- ryanwaggoner 17y agoReally? Can you point me to a link where I can buy one?
- codexon 17y agoSure thing! http://www.google.com/products?q=touchscreen+tablet+pc http://www.google.com/products?q=touchscreen+tablet+pc
- ryanwaggoner 17y agoCute. Can you point me to a slim touchscreen tablet that boots directly into the browser?
- codexon 17y agoSarcasm begets sarcasm. You can either wait for Google OS or use http://moblin.org/ http://moblin.org/. I don't know about you, but I'm not going to pay a $200+ premium for someone to install it for me.
- mattmcknight 17y agoI believe you specify that in your start up options- even in Windows! How thin is thin? How thin do you really need it to be?
- yuvi 17y agoOff the top of my head: http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook if you want to pretend that Apple makes tablets. http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/ http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/ smaller screen and thicker chassis but longer battery life for $300. Various Windows laptops, harder to find since noone wanted to pay the premium for a touchscreen. If you want a browser-only tablet, install Chrome OS or something. $200 still is in the land of magic ponies and unicorns though.
- jsz0 17y agoGood contracts keep people honest. That's why they exist. When there's money on the table no one can be trusted.
- mlinsey 17y agoAppreciate the response and it sucks that folks on both sides are jumping to a lot of conclusions, but if litgation is pending I would definitely stop commenting in public about anything related to work you did on CrunchPad.