What I find most telling, however, is the fact that the most vocal critics are the ones who have never accomplished anything in life.
Just don't wave that talent in front of your own customers with vigor as most of them probably fall in the same bracket.
Besides you are no mind reader so your facts on that matter are pretty flimsy.
They are on a forum, bitching about how bad BFL is...
Counterpoint: You spend probably more time than several of us combined. For example, look at your online stats (specifically your publicly available hours on the forum). That is actual substance, not of conjecture. (You don't like conjecture right?)
They have never done anything like what we are doing, they will never do anything like what we are doing, but they have the temerity to bitch and whine.
I will give you credit where credit is due. You are right, most of us (or your customers) will never sit down and plot out an ASIC in our lifetimes. Then again, neither did you, you paid someone to do it for you. (Nasser et, al)You also had someone take care of the fab aspect for you. It is painfully obvious by now that they were incompetent at keeping a schedule.
The only thing you are actually directly responsible for (as COO) is taking in orders as well as directing your CS staff. Oh and lots of delays in everything. [Lots of refunds for failing to meet expectations etc.]
Accomplishments...there in there somewhere I guess? (Tip: Don't take credit for others work, Josh)
So, once again, it begs the question: If you can do better; if you think BFL does it so poorly... why aren't you doing it?
We don't feel like asking for pre-orders and then making people wait half a year (and counting).There are other vendors who will and can do it for us at a better cost both financially and without the moral/ethical bankruptcy.
Why aren't you showing us how it's done? Why aren't you raking in the dough with your business prowess?
Of which you took in from the VC and your pre-order customers...which you still have yet to fulfill....in dwindling numbers.I know, those crappy problematic facts.
Why... are you on a forum, verbally sparring with someone like me?
Likewise, spend more time at work and get crackin'.If BFL is so crappy, why does it dwarf all other vendors, combined several times over?
See line above about moral/ethical bankruptcy, long delays, and pre-orders captured on empty non-delivered promises. Yes, let me hear your answers, PG, CreativeX, Syke, Frizz, et al. Let me hear why you choose not be successful and instead spend your time getting verbally abused by me instead?
If you are deluded enough to consider your strategy and implementation a success....Well, monetarily you did succeed[?] in capturing massive amounts of wealth through undelivered promises to this day (in your ASIC product line). Yet, each day, you are likely giving thousands of dollars of your customers very money back to them because you failed to deliver on time. (or just deliver period)
I say "your customers money" because it isn't technically BFL's until they hand over the hardware. So question, beyond the VC's money and that of your customers, what is "your money"?
As for your verbal abuse, your hurl it without much rhyme or reason these days. You are a rage-aholic as far as I can see (IMO). Other than your apparent stress caused by you....um success....I see your rage as a barometer to gauge your success rate.
If you ever get to the level of death threats typed IN ALL CAPS with lots of EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!, well, you must be swimming in the piles of success right?
So far you last post had more caps and !!! than normal. So I think you might get there someday. (All joking aside, hope the Lord is with you on that)
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You say you are "succeeding", in some twisted sense, but then, why are your customers so angry with you? Whats that? Are you going to say they aren't angry with you?
Then, surely they are really happy with you and the long delays?
