On Mon, 27 May 2002 at 17:23:15, Darren Branagh wrote: (ref: <01ae01c2059a$daa14620$2701a8c0@pc119>)
(Sent days ago but never arrived) > > > >> >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jochen Merz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> writes >> >Even when various dealers, Miracle, TF Systems, >> >me, were selling competing products (ATARIs, SuperHermes, >> >QXL) we ALWAYS treated each other fair, were and are still >> >friends - and we all worked TOGETHER in the same direction. >> > >> >This, unfortunately, is not true anymore since the Q40 >> >has arrived. The "TOGETHER" has gone, and I have never seen >> >so much unfriendlyness in the first 13 years which I have >> >seen in the last 3 years .... and we're only so few people >> >left! > >Roy Wood wrote:- > >> I agree with this 100% >> -- >> Roy Wood > >Sadly, I do too. You could have cut the atmosphere with a chainsaw at times >at the Manchester AGM Show. I don't think its a question of how many people >we'll gain though the licensing of SMSQ/E, more a question now of how many >we'll lose as a result of all this arguing...... > >I stay QLing because of the people involved - 4 or 5 or my best friends I >met through my little black box, one of which I even became his best man at >his wedding, another one I'll be annoying with DVD queries most of next week >when the QL2002 DVD is launched. Many of the most enjoyable days of my life >over the last 10 years have been in or around QL show weekends. The traders >that have been around as long or longer than I have I feel are among the >most honest and decent people I have ever met. > >Come on guys, lets bury it and get on with enjoying ourselves. Theres more >to life. Hear hear. Since around 1998, I have been around only for the friendships. .... certainly there has been little or no 'trading'. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@<surname>.demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
