I want very much for this product to exist. And I want very much to
believe it genuinely does. Calling it a scam is probably unfair - I
suspect what has happened here is that Parallax and Scenix have
overreached themselves and underestimated the costs of producing these
chips, but any which way, I doubt we'll see them soon. The truth is out
there....... somewhere

> ----------
> From:         Ken Pergola[SMTP:electro@BCN.NET]
> Reply To:     pic microcontroller discussion list
> Sent:         Wednesday, January 14, 1998 4:24 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Start programming for the Scenix!
>
> Andrew Mayo wrote:
>
> > Anyone who still thinks this isn't some kind of scam, let me know.
>
>
>
> Andrew,
>
> With all due respect, I've never felt that Scenix had a scam on their
> hands.
>
> Isn't the main purpose of a scam to make money? What does Scenix
> really have
> to gain if this is a just a scam?
>
> Small and seemingly unknown companies can come up with great designs
> too. It
> happens all the time. It just seems to be an unfortunate situation for
> all
> parties at this time. Although I'm a great fan of PICs, I can only see
> good
> things come from competition in this industry.
>
> Ken Pergola
>