The whole smart parts thing...

[SpitFire1299]

I read about the whole SP thing being over, but i guess i kind of had no real idea of waht happened.

Here are some good documents to read-

http://furby.pbcproductions.com/opinion.pdf

http://furby.pbcproductions.com/DYEvsSP.pdf

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=377089

They are pretty long, but i went threw them and read every word.

Anyway, im just amazed at how a company could be so money hungry and people still buy their stuff? Im not telling you not to buy their stuff.. but think about it? This company caused AKA to stop making guns, for a patent that they didnt even create (from information that is stated).

A good qoute i found on PBN is...
"AKA believes that Smart Parts claims have no merit and intends to vigorously defend itself."

Point of the topic:
Everyone please get a better understanding of things before you decide to say something. Do not get offensive or defensive for/against something you dont even know about.

Im just upset to see that a company can be so popular, yet be so bad. Let people know whats going on in the correct way rather than just saying.. "Oh.. smart parts sucks because of that patent thing...." This really isnt directed at anyone in general.

Smart parts doesnt make good products, the people they stole the products from make good products.


If you get where im coming from.. please post.

[MoeMag]

Thanks for the info.

Electro pnumatics in 1993... psst yeah right.

Smart parts doesnt make good products, the people they stole the products from make good products.

[Chaos_Theory!]

lol, you guys are cool. This is just another thread for people to bash SP in. Seriously, grow the hell up.

[SpitFire1299]

lol, you guys are cool. This is just another thread for people to bash SP in. Seriously, grow the hell up.

I dont see any "bashing".. all i see is documents of what went on, and an explanation of why i made the topic.

Obviously you didnt read what i said.

Everyone please get a better understanding of things before you decide to say something. Do not get offensive or defensive for/against something you dont even know about.

[Chaos_Theory!]

Smart parts doesnt make good products, the people they stole the products from make good products.

I did read it and this is the sort of thing im refering to.

[SpitFire1299]

I did read it and this is the sort of thing im refering to.

Well my point exactly..

Everyone please get a better understanding of things before you decide to say something. Do not get offensive or defensive for/against something you dont even know about.

I did a lot of research and i have a good understanding of the situation. The part that you quoted is how i feel about it all.

Did you read the documents?

[Chaos_Theory!]

Ive read just about everything ive seen when ths "SP Issue" comes up. I just think its rediculous how people still cry about what happend. Give it up, its over with and isnt going to be undone because you whine about it. Not liking or saying things agains SP doesnt help anything.

[SpitFire1299]

Ive read just about everything ive seen when ths "SP Issue" comes up. I just think its rediculous how people still cry about what happend. Give it up, its over with and isnt going to be undone because you whine about it. Not liking or saying things agains SP doesnt help anything.

Its a big issue. Its a big issue that people need to properly understand..(insert the whole defensive/offensive quote here).

Im not crying; Im not whining. Im pointing out facts. Im going to assume you own an SP product, and are all hostile towards information like this because you think the product is good, and that its directed toward you because of what you love. I never said SP products suck.

[Chaos_Theory!]

I do owna SP product but that doesnt have anything to do with it. I just hate how people always have to go back to what happend. No matter how much you talk about it and complain nothing is going to change, period. The facts vary depending on what you read. What SP did was a great business move. Sure it hurt some companies but it happens. Not everything is candy coated in the business workd and thats what people have to realize.

[SpitFire1299]

I do owna SP product but that doesnt have anything to do with it. I just hate how people always have to go back to what happend. No matter how much you talk about it and complain nothing is going to change, period. The facts vary depending on what you read. What SP did was a great business move. Sure it hurt some companies but it happens. Not everything is candy coated in the business workd and thats what people have to realize.

Ok, theirs your opinion, ill respect it.

Now remember what i said.. (this was my opinion)

Anyway, im just amazed at how a company could be so money hungry and people still buy their stuff? Im not telling you not to buy their stuff.. but think about it? This company caused AKA to stop making guns, for a patent that they didnt even create (from information that is stated).

Good business move? Sure if you say so. Taking out your competitors with stolen patents. A good business move doesnt(well shouldnt atleast) involve doing something illegal.

[paintman1142]

Originally Posted by SpitFire1299
Smart parts doesnt make good products, the people they stole the products from make good products.

Yeah, so Smart Parts is basicly the Microsoft of paintball

[Munnin]

first of all

chill.

thank you for the documentation, they are extrordinaraly boring to read, but do shed more lite onto the issue. i find sp personaly to be a ruthless and needlessly agressive company, and i try not to support them in any way possible, but again, its just an opinion and everyones entiled to their own.

[Chaos_Theory!]

Just because it wasnt technically right doesnt make it a bad business move. Its just another bump in the road imo. The only reaosn its a "big deal" is because people wont let it go. Thsi kind of thing happens all the time in business all over the place. I see where your coming form and i respect what you believe but people are going way to overboard with this stuff.

Im out for the night, cya.

[SpitFire1299]

Yeah, so Smart Parts is basicly the Microsoft of paintball

Microsoft is pretty much owns a monopoly while smart parts doesnt, so its kind of a stretch comparison.

[SpitFire1299]

Just because it wasnt technically right doesnt make it a bad business move. Its just another bump in the road imo. The only reaosn its a "big deal" is because people wont let it go. Thsi kind of thing happens all the time in business all over the place. I see where your coming form and i respect what you believe but people are going way to overboard with this stuff.

It is a big deal though...

The paintball industry is only SOO big. Taking away a competitor(like AKA) slows down the whole industry. An idea could of sparked off an idea from AKA(legally without patent stealing), and paintball could have been farther.

Ok.. enough with this "could have" stuff. Do you get at all where i am coming from?