RE: I hope this doesn't strain Gibson's advertising budget.......

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com>]

At 5:43 AM -0500 5/22/01, Andy Ewen wrote:
>I know to the outside, Gibson appear to buy and destroy small companies, 
>but
>the reality is, these guys are usually in serious trouble before Gibson 
>step
>in; we were. For some it's too late, Opcode being an example. I now know 
>the
>real reasons for the failure and closure of such businesses and it cannot 
>be
>blamed on any callous act by Gibson.
>Having spent quite some time now with Henry Juszkiewicz, I have nothing 
>but
>respect for him and his vision, he's not the mad megalomaniac some would
>like to believe.

Well, I guess I must just hang out with losers. Most of the reports 
I've gotten over the last ten years or so are that he's a bipolar 
type who is charming and enthusiastic at the outset but quickly turns 
into a raging litigator when the acquired company doesn't reach a 30% 
increase in profits in the first year.


At 1:27 AM -0700 5/22/01, Kim Flint wrote:
>And I certainly don't see the point of trying to destroy the folks here 
>who
>have put so much of themselves into creating new looping tools and
>instruments for this group. Whether you grasp it or not, that's exactly
>what you seem to be proposing. Matthias might finally stand a chance to
>make back some of the large amounts of time and money he invested in all 
>of
>this. (me too, although not nearly so much.) Why do you want to take us
>down and deny us that, after all the work we've done for you? It IS all
>connected. You can't harm one part without harming the other.

I didn't expect my suggestion to be taken seriously, and I don't have 
any I'll will toward those on the Echoplex team. I just wanted to 
provoke some discussion of the faustian nature of doing business with 
Gibson. Clearly you folks are benefiting from Uncle Henry's 
benevolent mode. Others have been less fortunate.
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