[Coco] Done

[Mark Marlette]

I don't ever recall ever seeing the 'contract' between Michael and Lonnie.

Might have missed it.

Maybe it was just verbal, but with Lonnie, I REALLY doubt it.

So one can say what ever they would like to make the project not happen.

Being divorced twice, neither of my wives liked the CoCo due to the 
time spent on it. They would not respond in any manner if they were 
asked about a CoCo project. Maybe that is the case with Lonnie's 
widow. Really doesn't matter. There were many way Michael could have 
moved forward, he chose his course.

As someone stated...It is cheaper for them to do nothing.

What is really sad about this wet dreamer is it puts another bad 
taste in one's mouth for community projects. Yes this is a hobby but 
like all of us we need to make choices of our free time. With those 
that made the choice to help, in time and or material, the project stalled.

Hopefully people retained their own efforts and another lesson learned.

Mark
Cloud-9

At 8/16/2008 07:59 AM, you wrote:
>The way the hardware and software has been developed for the CoCo 'market'
>since production shutdown by Tandy has been handled in a *completely*
>different way when compared with Hardwood's The Rainbow scanning project.
>Yes there have been vaporware announcements and other things that actually
>were made a reality and maybe could have used a better managed timing
>table... but hey, this all has been done as a hobby and that is well
>understood - I'll be the first to state so without hesitation.
>
>But, none of those efforts were ever clouded with such hard lined
>self-serving politics as with the Lonnie contract. What made it worst was
>that comment from Michael, it came about as from a Lonnie appointed "The
>Rainbow Policeman". Had I known (and probably the CoCo Community as well) of
>that clause in the contract BEFORE signing it off, I would raised a red flag
>and sought for a solid win-win scenario on the DVD project - as worded it
>tilts heavily for Falsoft... and with all due respect to Lonnie and his
>estate, Falsoft also owes a GREAT deal to the CoCo Community, without the
>readership, and a dedicated & faithful readership it has been for years,
>Falsoft wouldn't have reached the heights it did, it would have even never
>existed at all!. Lonnie used to throw a quote "Falsoft, the house that The
>Rainbow built".
>
>That alone was the reason that prompted me to say I wouldn't have any part
>of the project becoming one of its 'customers', and now it looks like the
>whole thing has come dead stop. Unexpected?. No. It does not surprise me at
>all after the details of such an ill-conceived contract came to light. Why
>do I feel relieved? maybe we're better off that way... such a small group
>threatened with legal action just because we support a common hobby, and
>share information from time to time on it. It just doesn't make sense.
>
>
>
>-=[ Rogelio ]=-
>
>
>
>On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Mark Marlette <mark at cloud9tech.com> wrote:
>
> > Kevin,
> >
> > This will be my only response to this. Not mad either.
> > I have followed through on my projects all though it has taken way longer
> > than I or anyone else would say to complete.
> > Some look for reasons to not complete, I spend my time doing.
> > I am not quitting, I will finish the SuperBoard project.
> > Regards,
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >  At 8/16/2008 02:13 AM, you wrote:
> >
> >> Michael Harwood wrote:
> >>
> >>> When I made my agreement with Lonnie it was expressly stated that it was
> >>> non-transferable.  This is to say that anyone who wished to have the same
> >>> sort of deal if I decided to quit would have to negotiate it separately.
> >>> ...... SNIP! -----
> >>>
> >> Oh no you don't!
> >>
> >> The following is conjecture on my part. And thus may be false. But ...
> >>
> >> YOU allowed this contract to be negotiated with only YOU as the point man.
> >> I can not conceive of it not being possible to have two or even 
> three people
> >> in the drivers seat. What with life having a pesky habit of getting in the
> >> way it would have been a prudent thing to do. So I suspect (could be wrong
> >> here) YOU wanted the glory. And it was also YOU who got everyone 
> fired up by
> >> actually getting this thing started. Now YOU (wounds and all) 
> need to get it
> >> finished. Didn't I read a while back that the light at the end 
> of the tunnel
> >> is visible?
> >> ... SNIP! ...
> >>
> >
>
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