MOTM

"Mind if we just call you Bruce?  It'd sure clear up some of the
confusion around here..."

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> a) I'm not going to change my company name, so forget that :)
> 
> b) I have been doing "business" as Synthesis Technology since 1984. Not
> the *synthesizer* business, but business in other areas (at one time I
> designed DSP boxes for TI speech development). In 1996 I incorporated
> and so the true parent is SynthTech, Inc. Synthesis Technology is a
wholly
> owned sudsidiairy. MOTM is a *brand name*, like Q-Tips or Clorox.
> 
> c) I did in fact struggle with the naming convention for Frac. Do I
'dilute'
> the MOTM brand? So I did a compromise: they are still MOTM but there
> is a different series (the '1000 Series'). They are still *made* by 
> Synthesis Technology.
> At the *time* I had no plans for additional formats. Now, I am
pondering 
> that.
> 
> d) So, why does SynthTech appear on a few MOTM modules. Answer: so
it *fits*
> on the panel :)
> 
> e) So, why does SynthTech, Inc appear on Pro Forma Invoices (for
overseas 
> VAT)?
> Because that *is* my "official" corporate name. And I have to use
that on 
> Export
> documents.
> 
> f) Part of the reason the logo change is needed is that if/when I
got to a 
> 3rd/4th/...format,
> I will not call these MOTM but the generic 'Synthesis Technology'
brand and 
> will have
> a different number scheme as well.
> 
> g) So, why is website/official name SynthTech and not Synthesis
Technology? 
> Because that
> is the name of a mdical supply company ans in Texas, you can only
have 1 
> company name
> registered at a time. So I "cheat" and use a subsidiary with the
same name 
> (allowed).
> 
> h) Sorry but the real 2.0 rollout was a 'dud' in the sense it was not
> 
> - the end of kits needed to be shipped
> - the new modules were not ready and I did not have stock built up for 
> faster shipping
> - the new website was not ready
> 
> I suppose now it's '2.0 Beta Release 1' (shrug).
> 
> Paul S.
>