cliveb wrote: > I may be wrong, but I always got the impression that Sean was the one > guy with a comprehensive understanding of the hardware design. And I > also got the impression that he was the person who best knew some areas > of the firmware.
You are correct back in the early days. I never quite understood how Dean and Sean worked, but they were the heart and soul of SlimDevices. They sold to Logitech to grow the business. There is only so much that the founders can do, no matter how smart and hard working they are. So in addition to pocketing some cash, they got the backing of a giant company to do marketing, product research, etc. Its been clear that more recent products were done by other engineers or teams of engineers. The Boom has a lot of Caleb's fingerprints on it. So its a good guess that recently, Sean has been the Big Boss who directs the team. The normal evolution of a company is for the founders to sell (merge, IPO, etc.) and stay for a while, then the corporate suits come in. Sean has stayed much longer than typical, so I bet that Logitech treated him will. Still its a tradition. What I don't know is who among the founders had the single-minded vision. We all know that Apple without Steve Jobs is not Apple. We'll soon see if SlimDevices without Sean follows that model. HP made great products once Hewlett and Packard retired. Chevy and Ford as well. All IMHO, of course -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
