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Title: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Blomberg on July 27, 2003, 02:25:20 PM
Here (http://www.morphos-news.de/index.php?lg=en&nid=397&si=1)
Now, why doesn't that surprise me one bit?
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: T_Bone on July 27, 2003, 03:02:13 PM
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Blomberg wrote:
Here (http://www.morphos-news.de/index.php?lg=en&nid=397&si=1)
Now, why doesn't that surprise me one bit?


Because he's had enough abuse? Doesn't surprise me either. That's what happens when you exclude him from the reindeer games.

Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Bobsonsirjonny on July 27, 2003, 03:18:30 PM
@ Blomberg

Is that you?????? The avatar, and on th MPG ?? :-D
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Calen on July 27, 2003, 03:38:19 PM
I was watching this way up into the wee hours of the morning via video stream which was fantastic,  320*240 25fps live feed of the whole banquet. Nice to see rather than threw web cam. Big thanks to Tek for that and Ryu for reminding me about it.

I seen the Wayne announcement which is not suprising of course and him collecting his free? T-shirt ;-) .  (BBRV seemed  very pleased about all this, but i guess he had to have some news ;-)

I sure hope Ben did get Kermit drunk enough to get Image FX to OS4 :)

Seems like a good show so far, nice interviews with Ben  H,  seems like a nice guy, no bull. anyway,  hope for some of the same later :)
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: T_Bone on July 27, 2003, 03:56:51 PM
Damn! I could have gone. Crap I had scheduled for this weekend just now fell through.

B@$+@%($!!
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: the_leander on July 27, 2003, 05:16:52 PM
I say good for him,

Lets face it the amount of crap the poor sod was getting over being this way or that in the whole Morhpos Amigaos tug of war was getting stupid.

I hope he does well :-)
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Lando on July 27, 2003, 05:33:21 PM
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Bobsonsirjonny wrote:
@ Blomberg

Is that you?????? The avatar, and on th MPG ?? :-D


Thats Steve Ballmer of Microsoft.
Makes you think, huh?
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Blomberg on July 27, 2003, 06:54:14 PM
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Lando wrote:
Thats Steve Ballmer of Microsoft.
Makes you think, huh?
Oh yeah, I just *looooove* Micro$haft!!  :-|
I'm just a big ol' M$ fanboy. That's why hang out at amiga.org  ;-)
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: FluffyMcDeath on July 27, 2003, 07:53:54 PM
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Blomberg wrote:
Here (http://www.morphos-news.de/index.php?lg=en&nid=397&si=1)
Now, why doesn't that surprise me one bit?

That throws fresh light on Wayne's stepping down from Amiga.org. I think his stepping down before this announcement was very honorable.
I wish him good luck in whatever path he chooses.
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: alx on July 27, 2003, 08:03:12 PM
Well he's on the UGN stream now as a member of Genesi...

IMO I totally agree with the way he stepped down from A.org before joining Genesi.
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Damion on July 27, 2003, 10:45:30 PM
I think it's great news! Go Wayne! :-) :-D
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: ltstanfo on July 28, 2003, 06:44:35 AM
Sorry Calen,

After Bill Buck announced that Wayne had joined Genesi and Ben Hermans made the comment about Kermit (getting him drunk and talking him into porting ImageFX to OS4), Bill followed up with another comment stating that Kermit worked for him (Genesi).  Likewise, Kermit stated that he didn't drink (he does not by the way).

The show was fun....I just got back from there.

Regards,
Lee Stanford


Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Mike_Amiga on July 28, 2003, 11:51:40 AM
Well at least he has a job, which is more than I can say for me... :-(

And err, did anyone else notice Blomberg gave that guy in his avatar a boing brain? :-D  Nice touch Blom!
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Blomberg on July 28, 2003, 07:18:05 PM
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Mike_Amiga wrote:
And err, did anyone else notice Blomberg gave that guy in his avatar a boing brain? :-D  Nice touch Blom!
/me points to zudobug: "He dunnit"  :-D
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: alx on July 28, 2003, 07:30:45 PM
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Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers ...


Thanks to that video, everytime I heard someone like Ben Hermans mention "developers" at Amiwest, I almost expected them to go around the room going the "developer stomp" :-o  :-D
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: cecilia on July 28, 2003, 08:31:38 PM
and I was there to see it all happen (the t-shirt throw! :-D )
anyway, Wayne seems VERY happy to be with Genesi.....
but my impression is that Everybody at Genesi are happy to be there!!!
had a great time. :-D
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Vincent on July 28, 2003, 11:37:52 PM
I'm surprised no-one's submitted this for news :-?
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: strobe on July 30, 2003, 01:59:55 AM
Most people don't even know what makes those Steve Balmer videos so funny (monkey boy and developers).

For example IIRC 21 seconds into the monkey boy video he lands akwardly on his leg and yelps like a little girl then limps afterward.

The developers video is funny because he's trying really hard to get his audience to clap. He almost faints but his audience takes pity on him and starts to clap. Balmer is so proud of his accomplishment he congradulates himself.

 Of course this clip is even funnier!!! (http://fun.sdinet.de/movies/ballmer.mov)
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: on July 30, 2003, 02:30:00 AM
Cecilia,

It was great meeting you.  I just got in off the airplane.  I'm simply sorry that by Sunday afternoon, I was so exhausted as to seem unattentive.  I was having a great time with ImageFX on the Pegasos and like you, I couldn't crash it (the Pegasos or ImageFX) either.  :)

@To those critical of the Genesi demonstrations,
In regards to the demonstrations we (Genesi) put on on both Saturday and Sunday.  

-- In regards to hardware.
Friday afternoon when we received the hardware from Europe, it was readily apparent that the shipping company had practiced the "UPS drop testing" on the show crates that we had bought and carefully assembled.  When we opened the machines, we found problems ranging from dislodged CPU cards (sitting on top of the power supply) to hard drives that had been given such a jolt as to literally break hard drive screws holding them in place.  

My Team and I worked diligently for over 15 hours that day (and were still working when asked to leave the show floor at 3 am) to restore those machines with both new parts, and reloaded operating systems.  While it would be folly of me to suggest that the boxes on the show floor were 100% stable (due to the damage sustained), the fact that we were able to restore them to usability was a testament to both their durability and design.

Most motherboards, whether top-shelf ASUS, Gigabyte or even FIC would not have taken such damage and still run the next day.  In fact, vast majority of the show visitors who came by our booth were unable to crash the machines when they were playing with them.  

Remember folks, packing and shipping fully assembled machines across the world isn't as easy as it looks.  We will do better next time.

@Everyone else,
Thanks for the support.  It seems, interestingly enough, that the only people who are not supportive of my decision are those who have already left this site for more, shall we say, "sequestered quarters..."

All in all, the task in front of my team and me is monumental, but extremely exciting.  I would never have considered leaving Amiga.org for such a position unless I was 100% positively convinced that Team Genesi has the vision, the initiative, the spirit, and the drive to take us into the future.

Look for the SuperBundle page and MorphOS sites this week.

Wayne Hunt
Genesi USA
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: greenboy on July 30, 2003, 07:21:56 AM
You got it right, cecilia :  }   Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco actually have the patience to let worthy participants from the 'hood experiment and define the team - so it isn't just about the pay. Right now some of the results seem to be "variable" { ; } and I bet Wayne is going to be useful tightening up the show approach here in the US {from now on he'll likely have more than a few minutes of advance warning ; } - as well as contributing to webwork and managing the workload to the advantage of all.

* * *

...Funny thing: several times hanging out with Wayne he opened up personal conversations with, "Back when we were enemies..."  I just had to laugh bigtime because he never tried to screw me over much at ALL back then, though he made it very evident where our diverging opines were defined ; }

- And while I'm feeling strongly about my AmiWest lifetime friendship experiences, I'd also want with you at upcoming events to continue our lengthy discussions on multimedia software approaches and gui design - or maybe just what kind of restaraunts should be within, er, hopping distance ; }

So good to meet you - and congrats to Wayne!
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Warface on July 30, 2003, 11:13:52 AM
Wishing luck Wayne!

Just stay who you are and always were! :-)
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: FarQuad on July 30, 2003, 01:21:42 PM
Congrats Wayne.  It was great hanging out with you at the show.  Good luck.

// FarQ
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: 420Dude on July 30, 2003, 02:26:09 PM
cool!
   does that mean my BOnG Hit posts/threads will no longer be deleted?


[color=00CC00]Aaaaalright![/color]

ps- how wuz the smoke at the show? any high quality strains rotating around? anybody "hotbox" thier hotel rooms?
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: redrumloa on July 30, 2003, 09:49:35 PM
@420Dude

No we will still delete you if you go overboard. There was NO smoking at the show, some herbal tea was the strongest substance there :-)
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: cecilia on July 30, 2003, 11:33:08 PM
Yo! Yo! Yo! Wayne and greenboy: my homies!!!! :-D

really, this is turning into some sort of love-fest :-P

(ps, my knee is improving)

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redrumloa wrote:
There was NO smoking at the show, some herbal tea was the strongest substance there :-)
well, someboy from the peg team gave me a bit of Morgan's Rum......make of that what you will.... :-D  :-D :lol:
Title: Re: Wayne joins Genesi
Post by: Targhan on July 31, 2003, 02:37:26 AM
@cecilia

Shhh.. Don't mention the hooch! :-P