Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

Well, it is a 2-edged sword. IBM invented the PC format, paniced when others "muscled in", and
anyone remember Microchannel and the TopView OS (snicker). How about the EISA buss connector from
Compaq? Eck.......

Having a universal format is only good for business. Doesn't it really "dilute" the business, or
one can argue that there's not that much business left to dilute in the first place :)

The only way I think to "lose business" in the manner Mike speaks of is for someone who has ∗no
idea∗ that "this stuff is still made" (I heard that just yesterday), doesn't know that Doepfer,
AS, Modcan, etc exist. So, the Stooge panels 'tips them off' and they take $$$ elsewhere. On the
other hand, page visits originating from www.modularsynth.com are the #1 way people arrive to the
site indirectly.

Something tells me Stooge panels are the best thing to happen to Blacet in years :)

Like IBM, I can't 'prevent' anybody from directly competing with a MOTM-format module. Heck, 5 of
Cynthia's models ARE MOTM pc boards :)

So, I'd rather worry about stuff I can control, like delivery and new designs. I agree 110% that
what hurts me most is slow delivery. Another paradox: I'd have faster delivery if I wasn't so
popular :)

I am putting several things in place to speed up delivery. I just received 30 '190 stuffed/wave
soldered pc boards. All the solder , resistors and caps for the kits is done outside. I'm
expanding the R&D design and firmware effort to more and more people.

I consider Larry & Moe ∗critical∗ to MOTM's success (group hug!). I mean, if you would have told
me when I started in 1998 that I would sell 5,000 modules, I'd have laughed my a∗∗ off.

NOW.......explain those "critical gaps" in the product line!

Paul S.