Yes, "design disaster" is not a fitting or justified complaint. It would be better to say that it was one person's view of a "marketing disaster" -- that is, building a product that works perfectly but it is not what the "market" wants.
In this case, I would say that it was not a marketing disaster either but one of misunderstanding on the part of the complainer about the "product". Reminds me of a little story. Back in 1970 I worked in the billing office of a Volkswagen dealership. My job was to total up the repair bills based on the things that the shop did to repair a car. The paper work of course included the customer's complaint. I laughed out loud when I processed one bill for the repair of a brand new, VW Bug. The customer complained of "noise". The bill was zero -- no charge because nothing done. The shop foreman had written on the paperwork a message to the customer "If you want a quiet car, buy a Ford LTD". And, as a good employee of the company, I did not edit or censure that comment but left it for the customer to read. On Dec 18, 2011, at 8:26 AM, [email protected] wrote: > "Design disaster" implies that it doesn't do what it was intended to do; it > was obvious from the onset that this was an "HD" display adapter for the P3. > This shouldn't be a big surprise, as the P3 is a self-contained panadapter > and not a PC interface. > > You might not be interested in it, but that in and of itself does make it a > "disaster". > > > Mike Alexander - N8MSA > > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Ragle" <[email protected]> > To: "Jim McDonald" <[email protected]>, "elecraft" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 10:33:32 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA - Coming soon > > Based on 2 responses to my query about the P3 display, I would have to > say this is an absolute design disaster. It kills completely my interest > in the product. I had envisioned a hardware card that would communicate > with software running on the PC, not something that required a dedicated > monitor. I think the product needs some serious re-thinking. > > John Ragle -- W1ZI > > ===== > > On 12/18/2011 8:28 AM, Bruce Beford wrote: > > "Hi, John, the P3SVGA has it's own output connector, to connect directly > to a monitor. It will not share the display with anything else, like > your PC (unless some external hardware is used to accomplish this). It > is designed to use it's own dedicated monitor. (In other words, filling > the entire screen). 73, Bruce, N1RX" > > On 12/18/2011 9:09 AM, Jim McDonald wrote: > > "John, My understanding is that, similar to the Yaesu DMU-2000, this is > not a computer application that uses a window. It requires a dedicated > monitor or one that can be switch between the P3 and a computer using a > switch in the monitor." > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
