What went wrong with the Aussie WB Buy?

[Len Sabatine]

      Scott ,
      Can't see why ANYONE couldn't understand what you've posted.
      All of you that expended your $ , generosity and time really need
      a big Thank You for the efforts to produce the Diy-Wb.
      The cost to the end users is peanuts in comparison to the $1500
      commercial offerings. You are correct about the "What's in for
      me " attitude making rough edges out of a great effort.
      I'm really looking forward to working with the Diy-Wb.
      Making this low dollar power available to any one is a BIG DEAL.
      Hard for me to believe , some folks have a problem grasping the
      bigger picture, like the time invested by those assembling Group
      Buys etc. These folks are guilty of helping others, and more power
      to You !
      Len

>Or, How greed screwed things up.....
>
>First, Bruce wanted a DIY_WB.  He did not have the skills to do it
>himself.  But what he did have, was the ability to get some other folks
>together to get it done.  After numerous expensive set backs, several
>years, lots of prodding, poking, and learning, the first prototype was
>born.  This came from a lot of effort from among others, Chad Clendening
>(did I spell that right?).  Did I mention Bruce spent a lot of his own
>money to get sensors, data and so forth?  Remember that.
>
>A few built it, and it worked.  At the pow-wow last March, several
>others got together and realized that some of the basic prototype
>circuitry could be improved upon.  With that task done, it was again
>tried, and it worked.  Boards were designed, built and paid for behind
>the scenes by a loyal few.  By this time, a lot of time, energy, dollars
>and work had been invested by a relatively small amount of dedicated
>folks.
>
>At last, a true DIY_WB was about ready for the masses.  All the folks
>who put all that time, money, effort and dedication into the project was
>to ask that no one try to make any money off the deal. Pretty simple,
>huh?  Everybody continue in the spirit that has been laid down.  Pass it
>on for free.
>
>Then we get someone a long the line who says something like, "I will
>handle parts, but I need 20 dollars a piece to do it".  Go back and read
>it, it was "cost plus".  Definitely not the spirit that originally got
>the job done.  Then to add insult to injury, we had several call the
>originator mean spirited for calling him on it, with the tone in the
>message of "I WANT MINE!".  Well, you got it.  Hurl your invectives at
>the one who wanted to make money off other peoples efforts, not the one
>who brought it to you.
>
>
>Scot Sealander
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