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Van: Alex Wulms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Datum: dinsdag 4 juli 2000 1:11
Onderwerp: Re: What MSX really means
>The message that we don't care much is NOT coming from our Japanese
friends.
>At least, I can not find that message anywhere in Ikeda's MSX print. He was
>only dissapointed that he could not spread the news on the fair and that on
>the fair there was not much time to discuss interesting things. But as one
>guy from Sunrise already said: after the fair they talked more with each
>other. That is how it works here in Europe.
I quote from Ikeda's MSX Print:
English:
We had also hoped to interchange thoughts with Sunrise and Leonardo
Padial from Spain about which kind of CPU and soundchip will be
implemented and what kind of harddisk interface could be used best, but
it seemed to us that they had very little interest in this new MSX
project.
Dutch:
We hadden ook gehoopt om gedachten uit te wisselen met Sunrise en
Leonardo Padial over wat voor soort CPU en geluidschip we zullen
gebruiken en welke harddisk interface we het beste kunnen gebruiken, maar
wij kregen de indruk dat zij weinig belangstelling hadden voor dit nieuwe
MSX-project.
So this points out that they did not really try to contact Sunrise and/or
Padial about this. This fair was a good opportunity to contact important
people from big MSX clubs. The only thing I saw in the room the Japanese
stayed in was a letter from Kay Nishi and not more than that. Our Japanese
friends could have tried to attract our attention by actually giving us the
information that is now in Ikeda's Print.
>The message that people in Europe (and how about the rest of the world,
>Brazil for example) are not really interested in news from Japan is however
>coming from one of the people on this list. He reacted to my original
message
>by saying that people are not really interested in the kind of news from my
>original posting (what MSX stands for). And in the same message, he made
the
>remark that it seems like people from Europe are in general not really
>interested in news from Japan.
I refer to the line in Ikeda's Print and not to the message you mention.
>But if you look at this entire threat that spun off my original message, I
>would say that people are interested. They only do not always speak out
their
>opinion, but sometimes suddenly everybody starts to talk, like this time.
Reactions from members of MSX-Info Blad clearly show that a lot of them are
really interested in the MSX situation in Japan. However MSX people nowadays
have an attitude to only believe this kind of news if something is shown to
them.
>Furthermore, I think that the Japanese are doing their best to be open to
>Europe. At least, Ikeda is doing his best by making sure that we receive
the
>MSX print with all new developments on a regular basis.
I admire Ikeda's attempt to inform us. I hope that MSX-ers from Japan and
Europe/Brazil will cooperate more in the future. Only then this new project
will be a succes. For now I want to say this: MSX-ers from Japan, Europe is
interested in your project, but please give us more information if you want
us to cooperate or support with you.
Greets,
Gerrit
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