the reason they have to claim not a line of code was written was because the engineers involved were contracted from the vitualpc team and thus... with legal restraints... they had to disavow using them and thus claim it was vapor.
The reasons we have stated the facts we have stated are simple. This is what our investigation has shown. Microsoft was not involved at all other than their ownership of the name "SoftWindows" (note; this did not in any way effect RealPC).
It is unclear why so many people are claiming that I/we have been paid off by Microsoft. Persons making claims to this effect are welcomed and urged to offer any logical reasoning behind our announcements based on this presumption.
I am personally no great fan of large corporations, but this was quite simply a case of outright dishonesty on the part of FWBs previous management. Please feel free to discuss with John Brisbin perhaps that will assist in understanding the awful reality of the situation, be sure to ask him who the new management team is and what his experiences have been with us.
We were NOT part of the old management team. We have offered all proof as requested, informed the public and are now refunding customers who were ripped off by the previous management.
I am wondering though...are YOU part of the previous management team.
I was NOT part of the old management team. It was originally intended in the old management team that I was to be the director of development, but this was never honoured by the previous management team. I left employment of the company in January 2003 and returned to the helm of SubRosaSoft.com Ltd until it was clear that I had to act to stop the previous management from destroying FWB (of which I was still a significant shareholder - albeit one that was kept quite in the dark).
It took us from July 7th to August the 27th to "admit it". Further to your question here are the reasons for the hold up.
January 24th two shareholders (the new management team) agreed to allow one of the other shareholders to purchase their shares, payment was agreed to take place 8 to 12 weeks from that date. Those 2 shareholders no longer worked for FWB awaiting completion of that agreement. Payment was never made many discussions took place as to why and when payment would be made. During that time (the previous management with respect to recent events) made a series of poor judgments.
July 8th a shareholder meeting was held to remove the previous management out of direct concern for the future of FWB software, a majority of shareholders agreed to remove the previous management. Previous management were not present at the shareholder meeting, then subsequently locked the office and refused the authority of the shareholders to remove them.
July 17th Honorable Thomas McGinn Smith of the San Mateo Supreme court judges that the shareholder vote was valid, that the previous management is to be removed, and that the new management was entitled to hold office.
Subsequently the previous management continued to lock the doors and contacted suppliers to claim the new management had no authority and was not to contacted.
Late July the new management with the help of a San Mateo Sheriff and a locksmith gain access to the office to find all pertinent company records, files, and computers had been removed.
August was spent attempting to define what had been done on RealPC from contacts made from reconstructing the company email records, and having meetings with relevant suppliers to find out what had been committed to and what had been completed.
August 26 the decision was made that it was potentially fatal to FWB to continue development and it was clear untruths have been told. In accordance with our policy on honesty and openness we immediately prepared the appropriate press release and published it.
The NEW management team does not include ANY members of the old management team and their employment with FWB Software has been terminated.
There is no union between the two sets, no intersection between the two sets, just two mutually exclusive sets.
The new management team is made up of myself (CEO) and Mark Hurlow (President).
I was previously - until a little over 1 year ago - a contractor then the author of several previously licensed software products (the products made by SubRosaSoft.com).
Mark was - until january - quality assurance and support for FWB.com for many years.
We both are shareholders (30% each) and removed the previous management team and all members of the staff because of our concerns with the RealPC product and 2 other products which were being sold contrary to the owners of their respective copyrights.
Your bet was a fair one, and would be quite expected to be true based on the facts you previously had at hand. It is my home that this assists a more accurate conclusion to be drawn.
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the reason they have to claim not a line of code was written was because the engineers involved were contracted from the vitualpc team and thus... with legal restraints... they had to disavow using them and thus claim it was vapor.
The reasons we have stated the facts we have stated are simple. This is what our investigation has shown. Microsoft was not involved at all other than their ownership of the name "SoftWindows" (note; this did not in any way effect RealPC).
It is unclear why so many people are claiming that I/we have been paid off by Microsoft. Persons making claims to this effect are welcomed and urged to offer any logical reasoning behind our announcements based on this presumption.
I am personally no great fan of large corporations, but this was quite simply a case of outright dishonesty on the part of FWBs previous management. Please feel free to discuss with John Brisbin perhaps that will assist in understanding the awful reality of the situation, be sure to ask him who the new management team is and what his experiences have been with us.
Dear "Anonymous Coward"
We were NOT part of the old management team. We have offered all proof as requested, informed the public and are now refunding customers who were ripped off by the previous management.
I am wondering though...are YOU part of the previous management team.
I was NOT part of the old management team. It was originally intended in the old management team that I was to be the director of development, but this was never honoured by the previous management team. I left employment of the company in January 2003 and returned to the helm of SubRosaSoft.com Ltd until it was clear that I had to act to stop the previous management from destroying FWB (of which I was still a significant shareholder - albeit one that was kept quite in the dark).
It took us from July 7th to August the 27th to "admit it". Further to your question here are the reasons for the hold up.
January 24th two shareholders (the new management team) agreed to allow one of the other shareholders to purchase their shares, payment was agreed to take place 8 to 12 weeks from that date. Those 2 shareholders no longer worked for FWB awaiting completion of that agreement. Payment was never made many discussions took place as to why and when payment would be made. During that time (the previous management with respect to recent events) made a series of poor judgments.
July 8th a shareholder meeting was held to remove the previous management out of direct concern for the future of FWB software, a majority of shareholders agreed to remove the previous management. Previous management were not present at the shareholder meeting, then subsequently locked the office and refused the authority of the shareholders to remove them.
July 17th Honorable Thomas McGinn Smith of the San Mateo Supreme court judges that the shareholder vote was valid, that the previous management is to be removed, and that the new management was entitled to hold office.
Subsequently the previous management continued to lock the doors and contacted suppliers to claim the new management had no authority and was not to contacted.
Late July the new management with the help of a San Mateo Sheriff and a locksmith gain access to the office to find all pertinent company records, files, and computers had been removed.
August was spent attempting to define what had been done on RealPC from contacts made from reconstructing the company email records, and having meetings with relevant suppliers to find out what had been committed to and what had been completed.
August 26 the decision was made that it was potentially fatal to FWB to continue development and it was clear untruths have been told. In accordance with our policy on honesty and openness we immediately prepared the appropriate press release and published it.
Greetings,
The NEW management team does not include ANY members of the old management team and their employment with FWB Software has been terminated.
There is no union between the two sets, no intersection between the two sets, just two mutually exclusive sets.
The new management team is made up of myself (CEO) and Mark Hurlow (President).
I was previously - until a little over 1 year ago - a contractor then the author of several previously licensed software products (the products made by SubRosaSoft.com).
Mark was - until january - quality assurance and support for FWB.com for many years.
We both are shareholders (30% each) and removed the previous management team and all members of the staff because of our concerns with the RealPC product and 2 other products which were being sold contrary to the owners of their respective copyrights.
Your bet was a fair one, and would be quite expected to be true based on the facts you previously had at hand. It is my home that this assists a more accurate conclusion to be drawn.