Liebermann, The Company That Never Was, Ceases To Be

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/entry/1027125368179892/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/entry/1027125368179892/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Even if they were legit they certainly did a pretty good job of coming off like a bunch of scammers from day one, but Liebermann, the PC “maker” all the geeks loved to hate, has thrown in the towel. The blame a lack of willing investors (El Reg think it’s more like a lack of willing customers), but we’ll give them props for getting a lot of people’s attention. They just never learned the difference between good attention and bad attention."</i><br /><br />This doens't surprise me in the least. :roll: <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/l_8x9.jpg" /> computers was more hype than jump, and they went down in flames - but did they ever really rise to begin with? Does <a href="http://www.resellerratings.com/seller7140.html">look like the track record</a> of a company that was actually shipping products? I admire companies that have a vision and pursue it, but the moment I saw that their company name was a symbol and not a word, I knew that someone had put a "visionary marketing person" in charge rather than someone with enough business sense to fill a CD drive tray. They were doomed from that start when they focused more on inventing buzz-words than on shipping real products.

[Tim Williamson]

Looks like they had some pretty cool PC designs planned...too bad a company with innovation like this went down in flames...

Their PuRAM (the name sucks, sounds like PooRAM) thing sounds really interesting, a solid-state hard drive for the OS. Is this possible to buy anywhere?
http://www.go-l.com/desktops/machl38/architecture/index.htm#puramanchor

[Tim Williamson]

Did any of their "CacheFlow" technology ever materialize, or did it vaporize into thin air?

[Phoenix]

Once I understood what the deal was with this company, I have to say, this doesn't come as a shock. As strange as that company's business choices were, does it surprise anyone?

But what I don't quite understand is what motivated them to do things this way and what did they do from day to day? Isn't the idea to get capital first and THEN advertise products that you have instead of the other way around? I know we've discussed some of this in the recent past, but it's still one of the strangest things I've seen a company do. We all know that a company can have a phantom product, but to have your entire lineup be phantom products is just weird. At least that's how I understand it. Did anyone purchase and receive anything from this company?

At any rate, that Athens display sure would've been an amazing product to see.

[Jason Dunn]

Did any of their "CacheFlow" technology ever materialize, or did it vaporize into thin air?

I think it's all vapour...