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what about Qonos?
Message #1 Posted by nacho on 9 Jan 2008, 8:43 p.m.

Wasn't it a project of mr. Jean-Yves Avenard?

what has happened?

thanks

Edited: 9 Jan 2008, 8:43 p.m.

      
Re: what about Qonos?
Message #2 Posted by Giancarlo (Italy) on 10 Jan 2008, 2:36 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by nacho

Hi Nacho.

Please have a look at this site and see if that information may help you.

Best regards.
Giancarlo

            
Re: what about Qonos?
Message #3 Posted by Walter B on 10 Jan 2008, 6:30 a.m.,
in response to message #2 by Giancarlo (Italy)

Hmmh, no news there :( Maybe I didn't find it?

                  
Re: what about Qonos?
Message #4 Posted by Giancarlo (Italy) on 10 Jan 2008, 8:24 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by Walter B

Hi Walter.
Yes, you're right - no news there, apart from the Edge graphic environment (which I really don't know if was developed within the scope of the Qonos project or as a stand-alone activity...)
And I did not know the update level of the OP either, so I thought he could get some info there.
Best regards.
Giancarlo

                        
Re: what about Qonos?
Message #5 Posted by nacho on 10 Jan 2008, 9:11 a.m.,
in response to message #4 by Giancarlo (Italy)

Thanks Giancarlo!

But during last year I looked many times hydrix web page and saw nothing new, that's why I posted it here.

for me it was a very interesting project!

I will mail them and take more info!!

thanks

      
Re: what about Qonos?
Message #6 Posted by Nick on 10 Jan 2008, 1:25 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by nacho

Hi Nacho, hi all!

I guess they read the many too many wishes here for things lile a 35s(xyz...)? ;-)

When we ourselves are so enthusiastic for some old fashioned calculator, and we show that we don't really bother for (hypothetical) instruments of greater mathematical power like for example what Qonos could have been, then why should a company (Hydrix or anybody else) attemp to go on with such a project? Isn't that a self fulfilling prophecy when we ourselves state that there is likely no big customer group for such a device?

For my part, I really wish to be completely wrong here, but I think that we can consider Qonos to be already dead. (Please, somebody correct me and give me hope! ;-))

Cheers,

Nick

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