@Seehund
The specification I believe is PS/2. Are people trying to use non-PS/2 keyboards, or is there an additional secret specification?
Out of spec or not, it does appear that there are some keyboards which misbehave. It's been an issue on Amithlon too, with the blame similarly thrown at development rather than out of spec hardware by those who would have the developer look bad.
6-8 weeks? Maybe they should look into transferring the firmware images by FTP or e-mail, instead of shipping them saved on floppies by rowboat to Taiwan? FFS, doesn't he understand himself how ridiculous this sounds? It'd be quicker to solder a *PROM burner from an Aminet description and flash the chips inhouse at Eyetech before shipping each board!
I think you failed to read what he wrote. He didn't say 6-8 week for the code to reach Taiwan. He said 6-8 weeks before boards based on that code reach the users. This is not unreasonable really.
Yes, there is a hint of paranoia in the statement, but then there's a whole siege mentality to the entire "red" camp when you look at it dispassionately. Then again, it would help if people cut them a little slack and didn't attack every single word they say. Face, both "red" and "blue" camps put a lot of "spin" in their announcements.
(and no, I'm not jumping into the "red" camp or defending Eyetech. Certainly their product is the least attractive to me as a buyer, but they don't deserve to be flamed for that reason alone)
