Hi all, I have been struggling with some things here at Sandy recently, and I decided I need to make some changes.
One of the problems I have is that I have outlined a clear path of products I know we can deliver over time, but I have also taken on a lot of side projects. The side projects do take up a lot of my time, but they also are consuming all the money. UltimIDE could have been produced twice as quickly if I was sitting on the funds to do it, instead of spending those funds also on many and varied side projects. Another aspect of this: I have very limited space, and about half of my space is taken up with side projects. It has reached the point where I have no actual desk space to prototype or test on any more. My wife has asked me to move the QL system off the dining room table into my room and I just don't have the room to move it in! Removing all these other projects would free up much needed space and give me room to breathe and to be more organised with the remaining projects. For this reason, I am seriously considering slimming down operations to focus entirely on just a limited few projects. All other projects could be dropped, sold off at cost to recover the funds and pay to return samples and etc. Here's what could stay: Microdrive pads - until current batch runs out (I have just made a lifetime batch of 10,000) Minerva MK 1 Aurora SuperRAM, UltimIDE, UltraQ, "QL2" Q-Regulator Here's what would get cut: Gold Card battery replacements (I w ould sell off the remaining prototypes) QL on a Disk (remaining stock w ould be sold off at lower prices) "QL1.5" Minerva MK II ZX Printer belt ZX80 case replacement Software projects Here's what I am un decided on: A backplane relevant to current case/PSU designs Embedded p ower supplies - I have a batch. I welcome feedback/discussion on the above. My mind isn't firmly made up. I just think that I am not serving my customers very well and that I really need to focus on only a few lines of products. Also, I do not like the feeling of living paycheck to paycheck over the hardware projects because of money being frittered away on side projects that don't add to the pool. What do you think? -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC [email protected] _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
