#155260 - 15/04/2003 00:44
Today's the day!
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Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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Rio and ReplayTV go to auction at the San Jose court house today, where a number of companies are expected to tender bids. More info to follow when we have it!
Rob
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#155261 - 15/04/2003 01:01
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
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Wow. So it's a court run auction eh? interesting. Who are you pulling for?
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#155262 - 15/04/2003 01:14
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: rob]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/06/2000
Posts: 1682
Loc: Greenhills, Ohio
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Hope it turns out well for you.
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#155263 - 15/04/2003 03:35
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: Laura]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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I, too wish you come out of it with all you wish, which is, presumably an organisation with an understanding of the value of the exceptional skill and intellect, linked to an appreciation of the innovative path, that you and the Empeg team have forged. Not to forget the extraordinary level of customer service.
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#155264 - 15/04/2003 03:38
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[Re: loren]
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Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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We don't know for sure who will be there. Of the bidders I *suspect* will be there, I only know of one likely to bring about "bad things" for our team. Some of the other potential bidders have some very exciting propositions.
If it all goes horribly wrong at least we can survive by begging for Thai curry donations on the BBS 
Rob
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#155265 - 15/04/2003 03:45
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: rob]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
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Gulp! Good luck!
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#155266 - 15/04/2003 03:46
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: rob]
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Registered: 20/05/2001
Posts: 2616
Loc: Bruges, Belgium
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Fingers crossed!
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#155267 - 15/04/2003 04:23
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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Rio and ReplayTV go to auction at the San Jose court house today, where a number of companies are expected to tender bids. More info to follow when we have it! Presumably the result is public knowledge as soon as it's announced? So we can just sit there with a browser window in the Reply form and the caret after "Rio, and thus Empeg, have been bought by" in order to just type and go, as soon as we hear ourselves?
Peter
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#155268 - 15/04/2003 04:31
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: peter]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
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Presumably the result is public knowledge as soon as it's announced? So we can just sit there with a browser window in the Reply form and the caret after "Rio, and thus Empeg, have been bought by" in order to just type and go, as soon as we hear ourselves? I wonder how many court auctions are this closely followed? Seriously, good luck guys. I know everyone here is pulling for you to end up in a good situation and is eager to hear whatever news you have as soon as it's available.
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#155269 - 15/04/2003 04:54
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[Re: JeffS]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Greetings!
Best wishes! Any particular hopes on who gets you? Also, if it does come to "begging for curry", let me know.
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#155270 - 15/04/2003 05:34
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: rob]
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veteran
Registered: 21/03/2002
Posts: 1424
Loc: MA but Irish born
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If it all goes horribly wrong at least we can survive by begging for Thai curry donations on the BBS
Ponders the delivery charges...can I just send some Rama noddles through the mail?
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#155271 - 15/04/2003 07:02
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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And I was wondering why you cared about (our) tax day.
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#155272 - 15/04/2003 07:08
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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Of the bidders I *suspect* will be there, I only know of one likely to bring about "bad things" for our team. Damn it, I *knew* Microsoft would show up.
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#155273 - 15/04/2003 07:23
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: peter]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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we can just sit there with a browser window in the Reply form and the caret after "Rio, and thus Empeg, have been bought by" in order to just type and go What kind of Athena-Widget-using browser are you running?
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#155274 - 15/04/2003 07:40
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[Re: wfaulk]
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
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Bitt, FYI, it's called a caret by the Windows SDK as well. You'll just rarely see it called that in user documentation.
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#155275 - 15/04/2003 07:45
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[Re: wfaulk]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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What kind of Athena-Widget-using browser are you running? OK, I admit it, caret is the RiscOS word for it. Even on RiscOS it was never actually caret-shaped (i.e. never U+2038-shaped). What would it be called under Windows? Insertion point? or just cursor?
Peter
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#155277 - 15/04/2003 07:55
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[Re: peter]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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I seem to have gotten overly serious responses.
Just being funny, guys. Or trying to.
To be honest, though, I've never heard it called a caret under anything but Athena Widgets. Never used Acorns, though.
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#155278 - 15/04/2003 08:06
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[Re: wfaulk]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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I seem to have gotten overly serious responses.
Just being funny, guys. Or trying to. As the official old fogey of Empeg (at the age of 31), I've grown immune to people taking the mick out of my vintage terminology. They still all look at me strangely when I refer to the thing in Pearl as a "winchester".  (Another example of a locution which survived much longer in Acornland than elsewhere.)
Peter
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#155279 - 15/04/2003 08:14
Re: Today's the day!
[Re: peter]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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the official old fogey of Empeg (at the age of 31),
i'm sure that you must be "The Official Empeg Old Fogey" by dint of your employer. I can give you 25 years on the other title: After all, I was around when Joe Lyons thought of doing the payroll with a room full of valves, instead of a room full of clerks.
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#155280 - 15/04/2003 09:35
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[Re: peter]
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Registered: 10/09/2002
Posts: 285
Loc: DFW Area, Texas, US
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They still all look at me strangely when I refer to the thing in Pearl as a "winchester".
Now that made me smile, but it also reminded me of a story I was told while we were touring a company called Istel when I was at school, they showed us their computer room and advised us not to stand in front of the drives, as they had one fail a few weeks ago. Aparently the platters spun vertically rather than horizontally, and the spindle broke, the platter broke out of the case, through the wall (2 layers of brick) across the car park and ended up embedded in one of the managers cars. The plater was 15inch diameter and stored a whole 20MB.
I am not sure if the story was true or not, but noone went near their disks
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#155281 - 15/04/2003 10:11
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[Re: tonyc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
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I only know of one likely to bring about "bad things" for our team. Damn it, I *knew* Microsoft would show up. /me wipes tea off monitor again... 
Best of luck to Rob and the rest of the Cambridge party animals. Can't wait to hear the results.
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#155282 - 15/04/2003 15:11
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[Re: rob]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
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So will there actually be an announcement today, or is this one of those things where we may not get any details until everything is finalized? I was readying the Replay section of AVSForum.com where many people seem to suggest that we won't hear anything for a while (I guess the GOVideo sale wasn't announced immediately?). Between the empeg team and the ReplayTV I bought a few months back (and just finally got a fully working unit after warranty issues) I am very curious to see how this turns out.
-Mike
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#155283 - 15/04/2003 15:16
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[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
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Am I too late?
Goo luck to you all, guys! You deserve the best!
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#155284 - 15/04/2003 17:00
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[Re: rob]
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Registered: 19/04/2001
Posts: 369
Loc: Seattle, WA (formerly Houston,...
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It's now close of businees in San Jose, I wonder if any of the Cambridge-ites stayed up to hear the news?
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#155285 - 15/04/2003 17:07
Re: Today's the day! The Result
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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D&M Holdings (owners of Denon and Marantz amongst other brands) won both the ReplayTV and the Rio auctions. There will likely be a press release soon.
One other party bid for ReplayTV, and three others bid for Rio, including Creative Labs and Motorola.
Full implications of the sale will come to light over the next several days and weeks, however D&M have been in long running discussions with SONICblue and the expectation is that it will be business more or less as usual.
Rob
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#155286 - 15/04/2003 17:09
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[Re: johnmcd3]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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I wonder if any of the Cambridge-ites stayed up to hear the news?
Of course! The party started when the auction opened, several hours ago. It was quite exciting with bid-by-bid updates arriving from our spies at the San Jose court house.
Must go. There is still some alchohol left.
Rob
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#155287 - 15/04/2003 17:10
Re: Today's the day! The Result
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
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We need to throw a party!
I'm so glad to hear this Rob! I'm sure you can't talk about specifics of what they've said, but it's good to hear that they were concerned with openly talking to you guys prior to this (even if it was in a bid to buy)
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#155288 - 15/04/2003 17:10
Re: Today's the day! The Result
[Re: rob]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
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Excellent, from everything I have read about the potential sale(s) D&M sounds like a pretty good match. Lets all hope nothing changes too much and you guys get a good home.
Can you tell us how much the winning bids where out of curiousity?
-Mike
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#155289 - 15/04/2003 17:13
Re: Today's the day! The Result
[Re: rob]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/06/2000
Posts: 1682
Loc: Greenhills, Ohio
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Woohoo
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