New activity versus Old stuff
2002-10-16 by Paul Schreiber
Please understand all this new activity in some cases has been quietly going on for MONTHS between myself and others. I can't possible do all of this by myself, so there are about 5 other folks pitching in at various levels of involvement. This is what I wanted MOTM to become: a "design by committee" sort of thing, avoiding the old joke (a battleship is a rowboat designed by committee). There are many factors that by chance "lined up" over the last 2 months and then the end-game is trying to show as much as possible at NAMM, even if it's a prototype (heck, many others show EMPTY CASES at NAMM under glass displays). Also, I have to 'fill the pipeline' for next year, and the reality is new module sales drive the business forward. Although at some point you *have* to slow down or you have 70 different modules and the nightmare of keeping up with all that diverse inventory. I haven't "forgotten" the '130 or the '480. I also haven't "forgotten" the ~350+ module on *current* backlog, either. In fact, the last 2 days I spent most of my time building '800s (ZZzzzzz...). And...there are modules still in R&D not mentioned (about 4 of them). SO already, next year looks close to 12 new, shipping modules. Lastly, I need to do all the R&D NOW while I'm on...errr.....sabbatical (cough cough) and have the 'time'. Paul S.