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Originally posted by Opti@Oct 6 2003, 08:43 PM
Far-L... I think you definitely are a hypocrite on this issue... I called you on your silence over R-n settling.. and you were just fine with it!
In fact You and a tide of other people wanted to shout me down when I said R-n had shafted you and now everyone else would be forced into the position of having to settle... Why didn't you complain about CE settling like you are about Ken?? Money involved for you was it?? Business decision to shut up that time maybe?
I am sure your initial intentions were good and i applauded you at the start.. but you corrupted your entire effort imho when you wimped out on calling R-n out for the backstabbing scumbag he was.
Why didn't you attack the real person who ruined your chances of putting up a proper bi-partisan industry fight? R-n Shafted your fighting fund when it mattered... YOU didnt want to bitch about that then for your own reasons....... it looks like these guys made a smart business decision that had to be made to me...
The companies with something to protect will all be forced to settle now imho.... I predict many of us wont be sending traffic to those that dont settle by the end of this year.. will be too dangerous.. why would I want to risk being taken out for sending traffic to ARS once Acacia is finished this round and starts attacking all the non-compliant program's traffic sources?
Sorry Marc.. but unless you know something special I can't see you being able to stick to this line of "fight till the death" for long.
Acacia simply divided and conquered... it's over... move on and make sure we dont let it happen next time... I cant wait until R-n starts attempting his version of "VoiceAcacia" .. will you have a fighting fund against that one too Far-L?
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Opti: You are entitled to your opinion.
I don't remember you "calling me out", but allow me to answer to it now.
Personally, I am not happy about CE settling. The one nice thing about it is how can Acacia claim that I am head of conspiracy to prevent licensing when I cannot even convince our marketing partner not to license?
I have taken quite a bit of abuse about our relationship with CE under the circumstances. It sucks but I am not the kind of person to complain publicly about a partner regardless.
Does that make me a hypocrite?
No, it makes me a solid partner.
Besides, CE is not funding our defense at all, nor does their license apply to us. Ron is not my Daddy and he is not going to come to the rescue.
You think I am a hypocrite? How much have you spent protecting the industry from this type of abuse?
Ulitimately, Ron said the "truth will come out and surprise everyone". I can't wait.... but of course I won't be surprised at all.