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John Sabean (doc...@eng.umd.edu) wrote:

: This is true, but to be honest, the former 'owner' of Origin, Richard
: Gariott, AKA Lord British, sold Origin to EA. They gave him a dump truck
: full of money and a VP position and equivilent value EA stock, from 
: what I understand. He made out like a bandit. Face it, he sold out. He's
: lost touch with the public. He wasn't even at the last big Game Developer's
: conference, from what I understand. He was at another convention pushing 3DO!
: You can see the trend. As he became more and more of an executive a couple of
: years ago, the quality of Origin's games has gone down. I hear he's turned most
: of the control over U9 to someone else. Wouldn't suprise me a bit!

I hope you aren't criticizing Richard Garriott for selling Origin!  What 
started out as a hobby turned into a profitable venture, and finally a 
very successful company - the American dream!  Sure, he's a high paid 
executive now - and there's nothing wrong with that.

Consumers vote for products and companies with their dollars.  If you 
feel that a company is no longer offering what you need, don't complain 
about it or make a big scene, just spend your dollars somewhere else.