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Offline ltstanfo

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Re: The real reason why Jim Collas left
« on: August 18, 2007, 03:13:41 AM »
I'm here to second Tigger's post.  For those of us who were at the Amiga show, it was common knowledge within a week.  No secret, no joke.

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Re: The real reason why Jim Collas left
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2007, 04:48:43 AM »
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TheMagicM wrote:
oh please.. having sex with an employee constituted him getting fired and not imcompetence at his job?


Actually Collas was probably one of the few competant people at that time in the Gateway "Amiga" community (such as it was).  I remember him speaking to us in the developer session and actually making sense.  Were you there?

Sorry but Jim's demise was not for incompetance.  I'm not trying to speak for Wayne or drag him into this topic but he will confirm our comments as well.

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Re: The real reason why Jim Collas left
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2007, 10:55:18 PM »
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I dont understand.

Wow he had sex with a woman he's a grown man ffs he can do what he wants, he's perfectly able to make his own mistakes.


Yeah you don't understand (no disrespect to you intended).  You cannot do behavior that the company disapproves of or puts the company in a bad (public) light.  Ted (Gateway) has always fostered a "family atmosphere" in his company and such a scandal is simply not tolerated...especially for someone who is married and quite high up in his company.

Likewise, as someone else here has already posted, such activities invite legal actions and it's far easier to get rid of the problem than to (attempt to) fix the problem.

I am actually quite surprised that this story is returning.  It was common knowledge in the AMIGA community at the time of Collas's dismissal.  This was never a secret so how is it that so many here seem to not know anything about it?  Or is this the younger generation of Amigans just now catching up (those that did not get to attend the shows / were not around at the time)?

EDIT: HERE is a link to the ANNEX page.  If you scroll down on the news page, you will see a couple of links to the various shows / tours that ANNEX performed at.  There is a link to the Amiga 99 (Gateway Amiga Show) show that *MAY* have been the event in question.  It's been so long ago that I really don't remember (nearly 10 years).  As for which girl, again time has dimmed some memory cells but if you check the group photos page I want to think it was the redhead but I AM NOT SURE.


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