Re: [TenTec] Happy Orion owners (was question about updates)

["Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>]

I haven't seen any of them on this reflector.

Ron N6AHA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Bryant" <brya5984@bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:43 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Happy Orion owners (was question about updates)


> I have over 30 years experience in management with various companies. One 
> of
> the things I have learned, and was shocked to learn, is that some people 
> are
> only happy when everything is going wrong. I try to disassociate myself 
> from
> these people. The opinions of this type of person should be ignored. I am
> not talking about the person who finds a problem and offers a solution. 
> The
> dysfunctional person I am talking about never has a solution and are never
> happy. They only have problems.
>
> Dennis
> N4MUS
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron" <ron@morell.us>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 12:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Happy Orion owners (was question about updates)
>
>
> > Steve,
> > I started the thread "The Orion sure makes me happy" a while back.  You
> > should have read some of the email I received from others who did not
> > appreciate that I could say anything good about the radio.  I received
> > instructive emails telling me why Ten Tec was not a good company, how the
> > employees were incompetent, and one went so far as to explain how 
> > software
> > development requires a specific type of committee organization to be
> > successful, one said that after Doug Smith left the company, there would
> > never be anything worth while developed by Ten Tec.  One made sure that 
> > if
> > I
> > wanted to see a "real" software development approach, I needed to get
> > involved with the Flex Radio.  There were others that wanted to educate 
> > me
> > in about problems with the radio and software and were indeed genuine in
> > that these folks want the radio improved and are upset because a new
> > version
> > of the software does not meet their expectations and the previous 
> > versions
> > work better in key areas, even though the previous versions have faults.
> > So
> > frustration and understandably so, from my own experience.
> >
> > My conclusion is that there are indeed several people posting to this 
> > list
> > that intend to slander Ten Tec and Ten Tec employees and to write
> > continuously to achieve that agenda.
> >
> > My experience with Ten Tec employees such as Gary, Paul, Jack, and Stan,
> > has
> > been 100% positive.  Very helpful and provide the services within their
> > area
> > to accommodate my requests and in a timely way.  The ORION II is and
> > continues to be my favorite radio to use.  Do I find fault with it? OK,
> > here
> > is the list that currently concerns me:
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