@Paul_Gadd
I have to agree with that really. Too many people confuse "trust" with "like". I see people desperately defending Bill and Fleecy because they like them, or demanding how you can trust Bill Buck because they don't like him or his methods.
I have to admit that I'm yet to see any evidence why - as a customer - I would be worried about trusting Genesi as a company. So far they appear to have delivered. The product may have more caveats at the moment than tends to be publicised, but they have delivered.*
OTOH, I have a great many reservations about Mr Buck's public attitide, specially when it comes to getting one over his rivals. He frequently cross the borders of decency and professionalism and that leads me to dislike his methods.
I quite like Bill McEwen, though I have never had any direct exchanges with him, and Fleecy is OK too unless his temper flares up, when he can turn really unpleasant, and he does seem to have something of a hair-trigger on it. The trouble is that I no longer trust them.
Both parties could do with polishing up their professional image, as neither gets goods marks overall.
Still, this is all moot, because I'm not too likely to become a customer of either side, for the simple reason that they don't have any products that are relevant to me.
(*) That opinion is derived from having spoken to Pegasos owners, who on the whole are happy and optimistic about their purchase, but admit that it's not all plain sailing. I tried getting similar opinions about OS4, but, needless to say, I was not quite as successful. :-P
