[Arm-netbook] CT-PC89E - translation of meaning behind this alibaba page

[Adam Gill]

I will also send an email to this company tomorrow ....


Meanwhile I contacted Seatron or Si-Chang today ... noone speaks Englis 
there so far - I got one of my friends in Shenzhen to contact them
and they are getting back today or tomorrow hopefully .....


I did send an email to Si Chang and they have translated it into Chinese 
......... so hopefully i will get answer ...


Chitech is attending the HK Electronics show in April ... and so i will 
hopefully get an update them from then what's going on ....
but for now, they have gone cold on me also!!

Adam


Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/277571430/8_9_TFT_LED_2GB_NAND.html
>
> could someone please provide me with their "best guess" as to what it
> means when, immediately following messages where a company is
> non-responsive, the above appears on alibaba.com, originally with the
> words "Linux OS" and "Lunix OS" in the title, followed one week later
> by REMOVAL of those words and replacement with "Wince Compatible (not
> supplied)", followed by modification of the machine's status to "Used"
> ?
>
> my guess is that, rather than comply with the GPL, chitech are
> *abandoning* the CT-PC89E, abandoning fulfilment of their U.S. order
> for 1,000 machines, and are selling the machines manufactured so far.
>
> which is downright weird.
>
> any other guesses, anyone, and any ideas on strategies to help
> chitech?   abandoning the machine rather than comply with the GPL
> is... insane - it can't be right, there _has_ to be something else
> going on.
>
> i thought about asking them if they could merely provide a copy of the
> engineer's hard drive: that would take absolutely zero of his time,
> but i was going to offer that _after_ they agreed to comply.
>
> i wasn't expecting total abandonment of the product.
>
> ideas, anyone?
>
> l.
>
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