[sdiy] Those darned Casio chips!

[Rude 66]

> A "little" lie?  I think the size of it depends on whether it is you who
> tries to diminish the reason or the person who is wronged.  All lies are
> lies, there are no "little" lies.

oh come on scott, get off your high horse. have you never told a lie? a
little lie, even? never, ever? never told the wife, kids or partner you were
busy when you really weren't? never told them you were just soldering a
vital part to an incredibly important piece of gear when you were just
tinkering around? ;-)

> What?  Having a trade secret that they wish to protect?  Just because YOU
> don't like it doesn't make it wrong.  Is there something illegal about the
> way Yamaha does it's business?  You do know that lying can be a crime...
The
> difference here is quite obvious, sir.

no reason to get all formal.. you can call me rude..;-)

not illegal in the literary sense. but not very customer friendly, either.


>
> >how many yamaha synths, organs etc worldwide are laying around
> >broken just because yamaha are too rigid to share their technical docs?
>
> That's not the issue.  It is their company, their rules.  When you form a
> company, you get to make the rules.  And you won't give a rat's ass about
> what others think of your rules either.

no, you don't get to make the rules. the fact that something is yours,
doesn't mean you don't have to take the rest of the world into account as
well. there is a greater thing at work here..
this is exactly the issue.
or if that's yamaha's policy, they should put a big warning sticker on their
product. 'if you buy this synth, you're completely on your own when
something happens because we don't care at all about you as a customer. if
it breaks, you should throw it away and buy a new one from us.'

> Companies don't have a "Social responsibility" to give you whatever you
think
> you should have.  Their responsibility is defined by things like product
> safety and living up to advertising claims, not your demands for
information
> from them.

it's not about what i think i should have. it's about being reasonable about
sharing information.

r./