From jackoverfull@gmail.com Thu Feb 06 00:58:31 2014
Subject:Re: numa organ
Perhaps I've got this detail wrong, but afaik Elvio had no agreement
with studiologic, the engine was licensed directly from the programmer
that did the keyb one for Elvio.
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Il giorno 06/feb/2014, alle ore 02.20, Craig MacDonald
> ha scritto:
> There is a big difference between selling components vs licensing
> technology!
>
> I don't think that fatar, who is primarily a supplier of components,
> really cares as much about one particular implementation of their
> keyboard as Elvio could/would/should when he's licensing his engine
> to Studiologic. I think that it reflects on his reputation, more so
> than a single bad implementation of a Fatar keyboard would on Fatars
> reputation.
>
> Given my experience, 30 years at a large computer firm, when
> licensing technology you generally have pretty sophisticated
> agreements in place to ensure that reputations aren't tarnished by a
> poor quality end product and/or support.
>
> My point here is that there have been 3 business venture/
> partnerships that have not ended particularly well... but that's
> just my perspective.
>
> Craig
>
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