Looks like more politics. From the small bits I've read off his website, Theo seems pretty stubborn and independent. Such is not a good example of a good programmer.
I urge everyone to spread the news far and wide that the Pegasos powerpc platform vendor ... is quite simply, a con-artist company.
Give us some proof, first. Requesting people to spread FUD is not good practice. This first sentence alone destroys his credibility, IMO.
the machines are SLOW and will be expensive
How can you say "the machines" are slow in the present tense, and say they will be expensive? Either they are or they aren't.
In time, Dale or I may post some mail to show what has really gone on between them and us.
Better sooner than later if Theo doesn't want to look like a total jerk.
In any case, I am quite confident that there are almost NO WORKING machines in existance -- and we've got some mail that makes that clear
Which, of course, cannot be made public for any number of reasons... including the fact that this guy is all too willing to call a company a fraud long before any rational evidence has been compiled.
I sure wouldn't take this guy seriously, no matter how much code he writes.
