6 Apr
2000
6 Apr
'00
10:04 a.m.
>Ugh, then I found this site.
http://bell-2216.cheg.uark.edu/~iopener/
>Simply put netpliance has done some ugly hacking on these themselves.
>Wonder if thier 'hack proofing' will shorten the systems lifespan.
One can hope, tons of bad karma and just maybe a bug
crept in during the
hacking of the bios that is now epoxied in, the company goes down the
toilet and all the original hackable systems show up for sale even cheaper
with no QNX to run on.
Stock is already dropping to ~11 USD.
In my mind it's again a typical example how a company
is created to market a usefull idea, but soon the suit
and business plan guys take over - of course they are
missing the guts to stand a situation of free market.
Everybody is yelling for 'Visions' but as soon as they
apear, no business plan will allow them to survive...
Gruss
H.
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