Homebrew PCBs

John, see responses in-line


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "crankorgan" <john@...> wrote:
>
> Chris,
>       Three people copied the HobbyCNC board. All three went down 
in
> flames when Dave came out with the new board. It made my day! 

And if you look at Dave's design, it is right off the Allegro data 
sheet - so I guess he copied someone too.


You can
> search every magazine in the world. I was the first to use the 
window
> channel. 

Bravo for you, I am glad you believe you have such a pioneering 
spirit for re-application of materials.


The scraps never made it into the hands of the public. You
> remind me of the people who said swaping MP3s were going to help 
the
> record industry. 

Yeah, that explains why Apple's IPOD is doing so poorly in sales :-)



I am in the process of looking for a job. There won't
> be any new designs (old ones according to you) coming from me in 
the
> future. 

Apparently there wasn't and still isn't a need for your designs or 
plans.  Generally when something is cobbled together from very basic 
materials, there isn't much in the form of a resulting, marketable 
product.

>I took a bunch of old ideas and made something new out of
> them. In six years nobody has done anything as slick.


Wait a minute, "took a bunch of old ideas", but isn't that in 
conflict with your statement you were the first. Isn't that also in 
conflict with the belief no one else can use and old idea?  While 
you may think that your designs are really innovative, they are not. 
While you are impressed by your own designs, apparently they don't 
impress the rest of the world or people would have beat a path to 
your door to purchase the plans.

Good luck with the job hunting, never a fun thing!

Chris