Chuck T wrote:

Announcing that you aren't ready is what you want to hear?  The silence doesn't already speak volumes to you?

Actually, yes. I'm sure a sign from Thomas himself would stop Wojtek's conspiracy theories once for all. ;) ... and I don't think silence necessarily means he's very productive at the moment, if that's what you mean.

Chuck T wrote:

Announcing that you aren't ready makes the team look better, right?  It doesn't.  It doesn't do anything other than possibly make you look bad.

I agree with you regarding the "announcing" part but not talking to people is even worse than giving people false hopes. Do you believe it's better to avoid talking to people and hide in a "cave"? Not talking to people is what makes you look bad in my opinion. If he dosen't want or like to spend time on the forum - well fine - but he could at least appoint a person who can speak his case. I always thought Gunnar was this person - but he was possibly self-appointed?

I don't understand where the problem lies really. :( People like to hear about progress, people like to hear about details. It's things like this that makes the "Natami" ready for the future - it increases people's interest in the project and it's great fun too... :)

Thay Natami team is just treating potential clients as complete morons.

Partially you are right, as lots of people still waits.

You don't know when to stop and you are living your life like you can get your way with everyone in every situation.  And you believe that it is fair to everyone except you.

Chuck T wrote:

I'll agree to your terms of having Thomas give another unnecessary announcement if you agree to having your Natami delivered last and six months later than everyone else for slowing down the project or for trying to slow down Thomas.

I think this is where we see things quite differently. ;) I don't say he must spend a lot of time doing "announcements" or speak to Natami fans. I believe he could do both without the project being significantly slowed down - he could even gain something out of it. This is how I would prefer to do things if I was in his shoes but that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do for him (of course). As stated earlier - I think everyone would be happy if he just showed up to tell us about his plans for the future. I find this particularly important after his decision of leaving the team for a while.

I'm actually willing to stand last in line to get a Natami if that could help to socialize Thomas a little. The most important thing to me is not when the "Natami" sees the light of day. What I think is equally important (and fun) is to follow the project's progress.

If he's having fun creating the Natami, he should also have fun telling his dear supporters about it, I think. :)

Chuck T wrote:

By demanding that you be heard above (1) above the needs of the Natami team, (2) above the needs of Thomas and (3)above those in the forum who are working or contributing.  I can name coaches who have had distractions in their life who went on to lose football seasons.

I agree with you that it's important for a person like Thomas to avoid distractions, that's why I came up with the proposal that he could have a designated contact person (who could be the one who spoke to the community on behalf of his actions). I do not know how well informed the other team members are, but to me it seems like there are no clear rules when it comes to things like this (sorry if this is something that has already been clarified in the team members area).

Chuck T wrote:

I also don't know what normal person who wouldn't have their feelings hurt by some of the things said in the forum and that would include the conspiracy theories.

Definitely.

Chuck T wrote:

The conspiracy theories won't stop because they are driven by users who don't know when to stop because they are unahppy.  Answering every conspiracy is not the answer when the motives of the ones giving the conspiracy theories are not bact by fact so they are therefore suspect.  Get a life.  Thomas obviously has one.

While I understand what you say, I strongly believe that most of the conspiracy theories that appear on this forum could have been avoided through better dialogue.

Well, as you wrote in another post; it's probably better to spend time on something more valuable than "wasting" time on the Internet and discussing things like this over and over (and I know it). ;) I'm a music man and should rather spend my time creating some new Amiga music pieces instead... :)

It's a good move forward. Bring on the resolution independent everything.

With Windows you can have a multitouch trackpad too. My three year old notebook has this. And where Apple sells a seperate trackpad in a big size, my notebook had a 17" multitouch-screen too.

I'd be surprised if you could turn retina support off, at least for the interface itself.

I don't know what you mean by "bad trackpad".

This is not true.

They were always expensive but I think the company might have done better to our liking under Wozniak.  Apple needed Steve Jobs but I think he took the company to the one extreme where their computer is more closed than Commodore users like I would accept.

It is illegal to run Mac OSX on anything that is not a apple product.

This is part of the license agreement IIRC.(It is not a verbatim quote)

apple wouldn't license it's product to other computer companies that i know of Rich, so don't try to pose something that isn't so.