[Coco] Fresh new retro computing article!

[D. Bruce Moore]

Just spoke with Boisy.  It turns out that he is not currently a member of this list and cannot speak to this directly.

It appears that I am misrepresenting him on this matter. My apologies to him and anyone else for my misstep.  I will try to refrain from speaking on matters that I should leave to others.

D. Bruce Moore

> On May 27, 2019, at 9:40 PM, D. Bruce Moore <bruce at gracenote.ca> wrote:
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> From DISCORD
> 
> Bruce: "I like the idea of coordination between vendors but there appear to be pragmatic issues with it.  Who goes to who?  Vendor A who is first to market should be consulted by Vendor B who wants to make a similar product? How do you go to someone if they haven’t announced a product intention? Poll all the existing Vendors and give away your idea?
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> BoisyToday at 6:31 PM
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> I agree, it can get thorny. For existing products, it's quite clear. For ideas in the making, it's not as cut and dry.”
> 
> 
> So, if that means what I think it means, then, yes, it appears to be contrary to the article
> 
>> On May 27, 2019, at 9:28 PM, Mark McDougall <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au> wrote:
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>> On 28/05/2019 12:19 pm, D. Bruce Moore wrote:
>> 
>>> Boisy is on record (in Discord) saying that when it comes to current
>>> products, other vendors should be prohibited.
>> 
>> I can't comment on something I wasn't there for, but that's contrary to what he says in his article.
>> 
>> "Of course, free markets are just that: free. That means the freedom for anyone to create anything and sell it in any marketplace. I am not proposing that a vendor should “own” a particular segment of a market."
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
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>> Mark McDougall
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