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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 51182" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Seems like Uli is attempting to clean up his image...You present those as a given... How do you address those perceptions better than confrontation in an open forum? While we probably apply a different standard than the courts to fair IP usage, they have dealt with legal challenges using legal tools. Poor product quality is IMO often a confusion between features and quality. Many things that pro users consider &quot;quality&quot; are actually design decisions driven by customer preference. I consider many of these low quality perceptions as missing features more than poor quality, which to my understanding is whether it is built exactly to the design or not. If their build quality was as bad as perception in some circles they would not be profitable enough to buy other companies. I do not suggest that these perceptions are unfounded, just that it isn&#039;t as black and white as some may think... agreed...&nbsp; I already know more than I wish... from promotion, PR, and experience, but I have been in the trenches and paying attention for decades.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think Pro customers should ever expect a large consumer company to act small again...&nbsp; A formerly free standing small company, now acting as a division within a larger company has pros and cons. One Pro is that the larger company generally has the higher technology (contrary to most opinion) that can be utilized in new designs, on the downside the larger, more mainstream parent will now be in charge and the small company will be expected to change to be more like the parent and not the other way around, based on who bought whom.. Only one of the two won the economic struggle that really matters to survival. Of course I could be wrong... JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 51182, member: 126"] Re: Seems like Uli is attempting to clean up his image... You present those as a given... How do you address those perceptions better than confrontation in an open forum? While we probably apply a different standard than the courts to fair IP usage, they have dealt with legal challenges using legal tools. Poor product quality is IMO often a confusion between features and quality. Many things that pro users consider "quality" are actually design decisions driven by customer preference. I consider many of these low quality perceptions as missing features more than poor quality, which to my understanding is whether it is built exactly to the design or not. If their build quality was as bad as perception in some circles they would not be profitable enough to buy other companies. I do not suggest that these perceptions are unfounded, just that it isn't as black and white as some may think... agreed... I already know more than I wish... from promotion, PR, and experience, but I have been in the trenches and paying attention for decades. I don't think Pro customers should ever expect a large consumer company to act small again... A formerly free standing small company, now acting as a division within a larger company has pros and cons. One Pro is that the larger company generally has the higher technology (contrary to most opinion) that can be utilized in new designs, on the downside the larger, more mainstream parent will now be in charge and the small company will be expected to change to be more like the parent and not the other way around, based on who bought whom.. Only one of the two won the economic struggle that really matters to survival. Of course I could be wrong... JR [/QUOTE]

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