Well hello Bill!
I wondered when you would pull your head out of the hole and toss that piece of fiction up on Amiga.org in an attempt to both defend your actions and to bully me out of speaking out about the subject.
Honestly, there isn't much I can say regarding your post that isn't a violation of our own posting guidelines. Suffice to say that the letter in question is -- like most things coming from you, "factually-challenged". -- I have no problem with your posting it, though it violates several of the aforementioned guidelines, including trolling, off-topic posting, and postings of a libelous nature. It's been posted now for several hours, and I will allow it to remain, because it wonderfully illustrates the lengths to which you'll go to screw over one of your employees, even if you have to create a complete work of fiction to do it.
An interesting fact is that Paul Adams himself wrote me (9/13/2004 09:59am) to state that (quote):
Because I was no longer comfortable with certain aspects of Genesi, I terminated my relationship with Genesi USA in early August. I am no longer involved with the company in any way. You will note on the Genesi web site that my name and address are no longer the US point of contact. I am not sure what is going on to cause someone to post that e-mail, but I did want you to know that I had no part in that decision or that posting.
(While I apologize to the readers -- and to Paul -- for the bad form of quoting an e-mail, I'm doing so in defense of open libel.)
Indeed, if one were strictly to guess at what Paul meant, one might think that Paul too found himself on the short end of the stick where you are concerned, but since I don't personally have any specific knowledge of the situation, I dare not speculate.
The trouble is, there are now over 8 people that I personally know of who have been screwed by you in a similar manner, the latest of which appears to be the unfortunate scapegoat David Gerber. Outside of the four mentioned on MorphOS.net, I won't name other names here, out of respect for the personal choices of those other former co-workers, but I suspect -- like the names mentioned on MorphOS.net, they'll come forward of their own initiative when they finally realize that they're not going to ever see any of the money they're owed. You've even publicly indicated that you either have treated, or will shortly treat Mr. Gerber to the exact same boilerplate that I was subject to, to include outright lies which state that "he didn't do any work, so we don't owe him any money". I have been mostly silent regarding this whole situation for almost one full year, but I reserve every right to speak out when I see other friends and former co-workers still being screwed using the exact same lies you used with me.
For the record, the infamous "letter from Paul" was, in fact, received by me, but it is, in fact, full of completely fictitious events and logic. In fact, every other member of the US Web team has agreed as to the dubious nature of it. I guess I suppose that we should all be grateful that you personally at least had the nerve to post the letter here rather than having your "Renfield-type" minions do it for you this time. It doesn't however change any of the facts.
You sir, owe me in excess of 10,000 dollars (to include expenses) for work completed the months of November and December 2003, lest we forget the bad check (insufficient funds) written 12/10/2003. You've even admitted as much in your previous attempts to get me to "accept a number of Pegasos motherboards equivalent to the amount of pay in question in exchange " (an offer you back peddled on quickly I might add). No amount of "creative bookkeeping" on your part will belay these facts, but I digress. The chances of me ever seeing that money are about as good as you actually taking responsibility for screwing over the lives of most of the people in your employ.
In short, I wish I had never met you. My unfortunate dealings with you have cost me my livelihood (although the US economy hasn't helped), my health, and finally my marriage (through the stress involved in trying to recuperate from the illegitimate loss of two months' pay). You sir, in my opinion are a liar (many examples and false press releases abound, not to mention the factually-challenged letter from Paul), a thief (based on the growing list of people unpaid for months -- and in some cases apparently years), and a bully (based on your consistent actions to myself and others, and even the release of the infamous aforementioned letter to which I am responding).
I am done with you sir. I will not continue this subject unless you openly continue to post false (off-topic I might add) information regarding me and my tenure at Genesi in a brazen attempt to take the focus off of your own dishonorable actions. Have a nice day.
Wayne
