Mai Excited about Validation!

[Argo]

Reread his article. It's not purely about MAI or deception (well, in as much as marketing is deception). It's about "the process" behind all these logos, emblems, stickers (Microsoft certified, Ready for IBM, SUN approved, etc.)
He's not saying MAI's products are ####e. He's saying it is what it is. The MAI release about being Ready for IBM verified is just "Yup, it's compatable. Your stuff works with our stuff". Even though the MAI press release seems to make it look abit more than that. It's PR, It's Marketing. Making your product look better than everyone else's, It's washing and polishing that rusty old bike to get someone to buy it. Not that the bike isn't perfectly funtionaly, it just doesn't look as good as the rest til you spiff it up abit.
This article was probalby born out of some recent A1 vs. Pegasos, Gensi slamming MAI discussion where people were actually saying that MAI northbridges were IBM certified.

[Argo]

Corrected how? He's just saying that people should read marketing, press releases, company website, etc. abit more carefully. That the MAI press release is just a statement of our northbridges are compatable with IBM G3 and G4 processors, nothing more. Some people have been making more of this press release than what it is. That's all.

[Argo]

Herewegoagain:
"Genesi's marketing hype. They post pages long hype all the time as news"

No they don't, They never or rarely post anything as news. BBRV always post is marketiod diatribes in ther forums. So, he gets more exposure. Simply just don't read them then.

[Argo]

Herewegoagain:

Erg, It's not a Certification or at least not called that. IBM calls there Ready for IBM a valadation of compatbility.
In my mind, a Certification would be a set of validations, tested  and passed as to meet a set of standards.
The hole punching in the press release comes form it just being a statement of compatability and in no way states the the MAI product is bug free or how well it funtions, only stating that it does function with IBM G3 and G4s.
One of the things in the article I would have liked to have seen was what is this rigous validation process that is mentioned. Are products submitted to IBM? (doesn't seem to be according to the end of the article, only that IBM verifys the results) Does the company seeking Ready for IBM status make up their own validation of compatability process or are they given guidlines/procedures from IBM?

[Argo]

Herewegoagain:
" just look at the last 10 news items"

Sorry, I'm unfamilar with Gensi personell. Are the posters of those news articles Gensi employees or MorphOS supporters?   I was actually referring to postings by BBRV, who rarely posts anything as news.