[aklug] Re: Dual Screen Laptop

Their pitches on the qualifications/jobs of the people claimed to be
involved made me less than comfortable. Nothing I could put my finger
on, but I felt like someone was about to ask me if I was interested in
some oceanfront property in Arizona.

Or maybe they had $23.92 million dollars (US) they were having
difficulty moving somewhere.

On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 21:54 -0800, Royce Williams wrote:
> Oh, and I forgot a few more:
>
> 3. The teaser photos remind me of the Facebook/MySpace profile photos
> of unattractive people - they are 'artistic' and show little actual
> detail. This further drops the RPQ.
>
> 4. VISTA and LINUX are not acronyms/initializations, and the URLs
> aren't clickable. Errors like these scream lack of technical clue -
> further lowering the RPQ.
>
> 5. If you're going to "expand [y]our outlets over time on a global
> scale", you don't have to tell people that in your blog. RPQ is about
> at sea level now.
>
> Not trying to be cruel - just providing marketing feedback. At this
> point, it looks more like a prank.
>
> Royce
>
> Royce Williams wrote, on 8/28/2009 9:48 PM:
> > Great concept - if it could be done under 9 pounds.
> >
> > As much as I want to support an Alaskan company, their front page
> > gives me pause. Two points:
> >
> > 1. The splash page is an obvious Photoshop or CGI of the product.
> >
> > 2. The last blog (7/15 entry) says a Q490 release. How can technical
> > specs not be available for something that they intend to release Q409?
> > Manufacturing lead time would require these things to be pretty much
> > sorted out by now. This smells like an undisclosed delay, or at the
> > very least stale web content - neither of which which makes me want to
> > trust them.
> >
> > Neither of these things make for a high Real Product Quotient score.
> >
> > My $.02 to them: work on shedding the vaporware feel, and keep the
> > content fresh.
> >
> > Royce
> >
> > Jim Gribbin wrote, on 8/28/2009 7:46 PM:
> >> They do have a web site and they identify the principals of the company
> >> on it. I've never heard of anybody on their list.
> >>
> >> http://www.gscreencorp.com/about.htm
> >>
> >> I get the impression they are big on Windows 7.They do mention Apple
> >> just to put it down. No mention of Linux anywhere.
> >
> >
>
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