Craig's last comment on this issue was that gears started turning (or something like this). It was in 2011.
That hinges on the existence of a contract, which you can prove has been broken. If you find such a thing, by all means go ahead.
He hasn't done anything, as there hasn't even been a proper contract with predicted failure rates, etc.
Thanks, that explains a lot. Nothing can be done then.
The only advice I can give is keep doing what you are doing, i.e. keep communicating with the community in your usual straightforward manner.
Anything can be a contract: a recording, a signed document, an email, even just a handshake. The purpose behind signatures on paper is proving that the agreement actually happened and that it was for what both parties thought it was. If you rely on a totally verbal agreement, you still have yourself a legal contract, but if something goes wrong it's easy enough for one party to lie about what they thought it meant, or if it even happened at all.With that in mind, didn't you say you had emails from someone at CC saying that they had reached certain milestones, but when it came time to finish it was obvious that these milestones had not been reached. The emails themselves form a legal contract of sorts, and proving they at least originated from CC would not be exceedingly difficult to a lawyer with that kind of background. Why hasn't this avenue been pursued?
Because there is a huge risk of losing involved. Even if you could find a lawyer who works for you pro bono or who would share any money you would receive you need money for court, to file papers etc. If worst comes to worst Craig sues, loses and has to pay all costs for him and his opponent.
This is pure speculation but my guess is that Craig agreed to pay on delivery for working boards. From my understanding this is what did happen, i.e. Craig only paid for the working boards he received. Proving that CC have been grossly negligent would be a non trivial matter. Doubt we'll ever really get to the bottom of this unless Craig has a real change of heart in terms of communicating with his customers.
Great for my students who have the latest iPhoneDroidLumia handily in their pocket.
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You, sir, are a man of my likingNot so great for "yes I still have the OpenVMS server at home, and how are you?"-me who still maintains his main contacts list in a PalmOS 4 device.
As for the Pandora being obsolete. Oh if only you knew... :-D All these obsolete comments always make me go either *hmph* or LOL depending on how much conviction the OP has
I originally ordered the Pandora, because I intended to port POSE (Palm OS emulator) to it!
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So: Obsolete my...
Well, I told I still want mine, because I'm also an old geezer who likes to do retro nerd things, because of the community and because of the Pandora's design.Great for my students who have the latest iPhoneDroidLumia handily in their pocket.
Not so great for "yes I still have the OpenVMS server at home, and how are you?"-me who still maintains his main contacts list in a PalmOS 4 device.
But yeah, I do realize I'm maybe not primary target audience. Ignore my vote then
As for the Pandora being obsolete. Oh if only you knew... :-D All these obsolete comments always make me go either *hmph* or LOL depending on how much conviction the OP has
OK I know no-one is actually interested but whatever, here's my explanation for this view on obsoleteness:
I originally ordered the Pandora, because I intended to port POSE (Palm OS emulator) to it!
When I ordered I already knew it would be fairly trivial (I quickly created a test environment that was "close enough to be sure"). Matters like touch screen support were of course total wildcards, but hey, I never fail ;-).
I figured I could have something newer in my bag than the Sony Clie PEG T415 I had used since 2001. Even this mainly because I was worried the Palm I had carried around daily for so long might eventually break. The battery (proprietary, though still available overseas) was degrading. The backlight felt dimmer. For some strange reason it became difficult to order new 128 MB Sony MemorySticks via mail order...
The idea was to port POSE and slowly start transitioning to Linux apps where possible (notes, contacts, crypto for passwords). I liked Palm because I was able to do some development for it (fairly open environment), but Pandora would have been loads better in this regard. Most .sh scripts I often use would have worked right out of the box.
There are apps which I doubt I'd be able to get for anything other than Palm OS 4 (a payed for RUS-ENG-RUS dictionary for example), so emulation of a PALM device is essential.
That was supposed to be the main, daily use.
But I also hoped for Amiga and DOS (EGA level...) emulation "for old times' sake" and because The Pandora Can
We know what happened with the Pandora. I'm happy to say the Clie is still alive and kicking (though only for a few days/charge), but I have actually retired the Clie now, only two months ago. I bought a used Handera 330!-) I consider it an upgrade for several reasons. Just imagine what I'd consider the Pandora to still be!!!
So: Obsolete my...
How much profit do you imagine would be made by an individual selling each iCP2 that they had bought at cost from Craig? No real idea myself but my gut feel says it would be nowhere near enough to make this a practical suggestion.
Does that stuff even exist anymore? Back when it was still possible, I downloaded a binary package of GarnetVM from the ACCESS web site (which kind of works on the Pandora), but I haven't seen anything about POSE for a decade or so.
This is actually an idea worth thinking about... if ED reaches the choice to give the preorders a harsh realistic choice.. He's going to have to tell them Craig let them down.. and Craig might be willing to negotiate something with him instead and offer the preoders a deal.
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Which one of these quotes is true? If it's the second one, 300K could not have been lost.
