Yo! Joe:
Saturday September 14 1996 23:52, Joe Nicholson wrote to Bill Cheek:
 BC>> -=quality=- service manual.  This may be of no consequence to Joe
 BC>> Schmuck, the bus driver.  It is an issue to me, where time is
 BC>> valuable and where I won't mess with a scanner unless I have a
 BC>> decent roadmap and technical backing.  If a company doesn't document
 BC>> its products all that well, then it might be up to quick kills and
 BC>> fast sales.
 JN>  Why are you spending so much time with WinRadio when there is
 JN>  absolutely no documentation?  No roadmap?
Good question.  WinRadio is new and it deserves a chance, at worst to compete 
with AOR.  At best, to give an opportunity for the consumer base to 
communicate its wants to Rosetta Labs.
Also, there is the matter that I find it exceptionally easy to communicate to 
Rosetta Labs, and I think they will be receptive to their market, if there is 
a market.  I know that WinRadio is pretty slick; it's time has come; and 
there is a monstrous potential for it and untold power, if there is a market.
I didn't say there wasn't any documentation, though.  In fact, a hell of a 
nice book comes with WinRadio that even gives the programming codes for those 
who want to roll their own software for it.  It's just that there is no 
service manual or schematic available for WinRadio at the present time, but I 
am working on that.  I see a tremendous hack potential in WinRadio, and I 
think the manufacturer will be relatively cooperative.
Therefore, I am willing to toot the horn of the new guy on the block, 
particularly since the old guys don't really do us any favors.  Radio Shack 
is so huge as to be "out of it".  Uniden lives in a world of their own.  And 
who knows about AOR?  They have a sole American distributor who sets the 
price and acts as a "go between".
So at this stage of the game, why NOT WinRadio?  The Old Guard could stand to 
move over a little......or to at least act like they're here to serve us. 
Maybe WinRadio will make 'em sit up on their toes......  Uniden and AOR need 
a wake up call, IMHO.
One more player (fresh meat) in the game is good, don't you think?
Bill Cheek | Internet: bcheek@cts.com | Compu$erve: 74107,1176
Windows 95 Juggernaut Team | Microsoft MVP
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