Comments on: An Interview with Paul Andreasen http://www.trs-80.org/interview-paul-andreasen/ TRS-80.org is a source for information about the Radio Shack TRS-80 line of computers, hardware, and software, with articles, interviews, and more! Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:44:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Larry Holmes http://www.trs-80.org/interview-paul-andreasen/comment-page-1/#comment-9146 Larry Holmes Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:26:34 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/interview-paul-andreasen/#comment-9146 I enjoyed this article; I don't know how old it is but I imagine Paul and I were active in the business at about the same times. Too bad I didn't meet him then. We could have worked together, since I also did not wish to get involved with Apple so stayed with Tandy, etc. I also would have done justice to his inventions and would not have stolen from him, as others seem to have done. I had similar experiences only my entire company was stolen, not just a design! I went on a business trip and while I was gone, some people I was negotiating with, who had participated in some of the business for a while, backed some trucks up to the office, loaded up everything, and moved it to their building. When I got back, I found I would have to sue them rather than have the DA file criminal charges, because I had worked with them a bit to have them involved with the company, so it was called a civil dispute rather than a crime! Since they had my entire company (which had "downsized", or shrunk, due to the state of the markets in the late 80's), even my desk and my personal things, including a notebook they read and used against me later on, so, what did I have to sue them with? Anyway, like Paul, I had my hard luck with "partners" or associates or whatever crooks are called now... Thanks for putting this article here. I am enjoying reading these "historic" stories from the beginnings of the personal computer industry. I enjoyed this article; I don’t know how old it is but I imagine Paul and I were active in the business at about the same times. Too bad I didn’t meet him then. We could have worked together, since I also did not wish to get involved with Apple so stayed with Tandy, etc. I also would have done justice to his inventions and would not have stolen from him, as others seem to have done. I had similar experiences only my entire company was stolen, not just a design! I went on a business trip and while I was gone, some people I was negotiating with, who had participated in some of the business for a while, backed some trucks up to the office, loaded up everything, and moved it to their building. When I got back, I found I would have to sue them rather than have the DA file criminal charges, because I had worked with them a bit to have them involved with the company, so it was called a civil dispute rather than a crime! Since they had my entire company (which had “downsized”, or shrunk, due to the state of the markets in the late 80′s), even my desk and my personal things, including a notebook they read and used against me later on, so, what did I have to sue them with? Anyway, like Paul, I had my hard luck with “partners” or associates or whatever crooks are called now…

Thanks for putting this article here. I am enjoying reading these “historic” stories from the beginnings of the personal computer industry.

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