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NIVO:
regardless of what they WANT to call you, they cant type it here. It'd be better if no one goes that route. Civil discussions continue along, I love a good read.
davidrfoley:
I wasn't suggesting profanity, but rather creativity.
CheffoJeffo:
You know, maybe I have been wrong in all of this ... maybe David is just a businessman trying to find his way in the world and I am wrong. I do, however, have some reasons, beyond the MAME trademark issue, why I have formed my opinion of David.
I have never taken the time to ask to see if my impressions are, in fact, correct. It has been unfair of me to make assumptions with respect to those issues and I seek to rectify the situation.
So, let's start with what I had personally characterized as just another attempt to capitalize on somebody else's work.
Many years ago, a member here built a cabinet that he dubbed the MAMEFrame. He ran a website, linked from here IIRC, providing info and support.
Not too much later, a company trademarked the term MAMEFrame(tm) and registered the domain MAMEFrame.com.
http://www.quantum3d.com/old/company/trademarks.htm
The same company also released the Ultracade.
So, in the interest of fair play, I invite David to refute my prior characterization of these events.
EDIT: for typo
davidrfoley:
There you go, see you assumed that I had anything to do with MAMEframe or GAMEframe at Quantum3D, and I did not. They had done both of those products before acquiring my company and technology and hiring me on as VP of Engineering. I wasn't involved in anyway with those products or trademarks.
I just did a search on the USPTO.GOV site and there was never any registration of the TM MAMEFRAME. Quantum3D never trademarked that name, nor did they trademark GAMEFRAME. You are correct that they list that TM on their IP website. I never heard of MAMEFRAME, but I do know about the GAMEFRAME products. There were created by Ross Smith, the founder and CEO of Quantum3D. The products came out of his work at 3dfx. While I did work briefly for Quantum3D 1998 - 2000, neither of those products were my doing.
I did a search for MAMEFRAME.COM and it was first created in 2001, a year after I had left Quantum3D to form the third iteration HyperWare focused on selling UltraCade. Again, I had nothing to do with this domain name.
So CheffoJeffro, thanks for your explaination, and hopefully I've cleared up some misconceptions and incorrect associations with events that you don't agree with.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: davidrfoley on July 13, 2008, 09:20:37 pm ---So CheffoJeffro, thanks for your explaination, and hopefully I've cleared up some misconceptions and incorrect associations with events that you don't agree with.
--- End quote ---
As I have tried to make clear, my primary beef with you is the way that you treat those in the community -- always has been and, I suspect, always will be.
However, if we can clear up some of these coincidences in the meantime, then so much the better.
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