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

[Ron Castro]

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

Ron N6AHA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Bryant" <brya5984 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at 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 at morell.us>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at 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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