[discostu]

As a QA engineer it's actually my JOB to tell people like Kamen when they're head is too far in the clouds and they need to come back to reality. I'm not casting aspersions on him, I'm telling the truth, he's a really smart guy with technology who has no ability to wrap his head around market nitches and market necessities. With Segway he invented a nifty gadget that was over teched and subsequently overpriced and is doomed to market failure. The fact that he never stopped to ask "what happens if the batteries run dry while somebody is driving it" shows I'm right. I never said the guy wasn't above the ordinary, but every man has limits, successful men know their limits and hire people that have strengths in those areas and listen to them closely.

Now why don't you calm down, or does going off on people after grossly misreading their post make you feel better about your little life?

[_Jim]

As a QA engineer it's actually my JOB to tell people like Kamen when they're head is too far in the clouds and they need to come back to reality.

Ah yes - the old 'QA game' where it's far easier to issue a blanket 'no', invent impossible QA 'tests' to the detriment of product innovation ...

BASING an entire philosophy off of one 'glitch' that may involve a number of factors outside the control of Kamen's enginering team (including changing battery characteristics over time (such as impedance, capacity), use of the device on surfaces or in climates or in ways it's not designed for, (improper use), et cetra set cetra et cetra) ...

[HardStarboard]

The fact that your a QA engineer explains almost everything. You're the "lawyers of the engineering world" who keep a lot of good ideas from surfacing and making it to market.

The best of your kind are responsible for bringing better quality products to market, but inovators you are not.

No wonder you don't like Kamen. Its all in the mindset with which you approach life.