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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:23:17 +0100
To: "John Smith" <do_it_correctly@ho*.co*>
From: Peter Fjelsten <fjelsten@ma*.do*.dk*>
Subject: Re: Commercial realities of DIR
Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Den 17:25 19-01-00  skrev John Smith:
>"The EE is unbreakable - the other is pvc "
>PVC is more impact resistant than acetal, also the Sartek badged 
>EE/DIR/Halcyon HID is pvc

....eeeeer, I think G was talking about the canister?

>"Here are the facts of life in this sport - everything made by EE is the
>result of resaerach by me and the WKPP. Nobody esle has freaking clue
>relative to that"
>The facts are DIR IS A MARKETING TOOL FOR HALCYON/EE/GUE..... F A C T

An unsubstantiated claim like this coming from a Hotmail account carries 
little weight. What is your real name, 'John Smith'? The 'John Doe' account 
was taken? Can you lead us to your web page where you display the 
latest/greatest in gear configuration?

>EE/HALCYON/GUE are run / owned by key WKPP divers - FACT

True.

>EE HID is made by Sartek - FACT

True.

>No other wing/light/scooter/rebreather is DIR other than those made by 
>WKPP divers

Let's see... DIR is invented by the WKPP divers. They can find no-one that 
make decent gear (except the obvious Apeks/ScubaPro/DUI/Tusa/Oceanic/ 
etc.). They make it themselves to their standard. Naturally it's more DIR. 
I don't think anyone would contest that a modified DiveRite Classic or a 
modified AUL is DIR?

>If DIR was more than a marketing tool efforts would be made to get 
>Dive-Rite and others to follow the same course, to offer alternatives

Nobody - other than DiveRite - decides in which direction DiveRite is 
moving. You are being ridiculous. Do you know anything about business?

>FLAME AWAY BOYS, I DONT GIVE A FUCK BUT DONT PREACH THE MORAL HIGH GROUND 
>WHEN YOUR FINGERS ARE IN THE TILL

Again, what's up with the anonymity "preach the high moral ground"?

>If its not made by EE/HALCYON/GUE its shit (dont quote scubapro/DUI) if 
>its made by them its first class - independance my arse

Why _not_ quote SP/Apeks/DUI. You might as well have written: "don't call 
me a moron".

>DIR will fail to make ANY REAL IMPACT because its seen by most divers as a 
>marketing system - Shout as much as you like but thats something you will 
>never change unless you open up the system beyond the favoured few

"Divers"? What divers, 'John'? You strokes?

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