Rim Semiconductor Company (fka RSMI)

[ElderWolf]

Dear Aliza,

Concerning the article you wrote about New Visual…did you attempt to contact Brad Ketch or Michael Propp to ask them
why Adaptive has not yet produced a prototype? Did you attempt to ask any other questions before producing the article? Please give me as many details as possible so that I can dispel the notion that this article was simply a one sided hatchet job. Thanks!

Michael Wolf


Hi, Michael,

I contacted Adaptive several times earlier this year to ask them about the technology. They did not return calls, but when I finally got through, they declined to discuss it with me at all. They referred my request to New Visual management. I have not contacted Adaptive since, I believe.

I have contacted Brad Ketch on several occasions since the end of the "quiet period," and he has not responded to my emails and phone calls, though during the "quiet period" he did respond to say he could not answer questions.

I have contacted HelloSoft in hope of doing a followup on the quick item I did for the web. I spoke to the CEO, who referred me to another member of the management team. That person has not yet returned my call.

One thing that I think is difficult for those who are not regular readers to understand is the difference between our "daily breaking news" items, which are posted only online, and the longer, in-depth articles that are published in the paper edition.

The daily news briefs are often based on press releases or SEC filings or other public documents. Sometimes we have time to make a call to enhance the content of these; other times we simply draw on other documents or past reporting we have done.

These daily briefs are normally very brief indeed; we publish usually 10 to 15 per day. Sometimes we follow up with lengthier pieces in the paper; sometimes there is nothing more to report.


In reporting on the HelloSoft news that New Visual filed with the SEC, I felt it made sense to provide some historical detail and background, rather than simply reporting the terms and fact of the deal.

If HelloSoft gets back to me with some details about New Visual's technology, I will certainly report on what they have to say. However, if they, like Adaptive, decline to discuss the technology, and refer me to New Visual, and N.V. again declines to respond, there will be nothing further to add.

Thanks for the question.

Yours sincerely,
Aliza Earnshaw
Technology and telecom
reporter
The Business Journal
http://portland.bizjournals.com/
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