Who is Bill Conduit and why do people hate him so?
Bill is very knowledgeable about the world of video; I think he must spend half his life pouring over press releases, USENET posts and various rumour mill publications to get his information. However, Bill is a creature of the present. If CANON comes up with a great video camera, he will be the first to sing its praises. If there is then a problem with CANON’s camera, he will immediately say that it’s a piece of junk and CANON should be crucified for selling it. But then CANON fixes the problem and the camera winds up being a perfectly fine thing again. Bill likes the new, likes the WOW, but has an unsteady trigger finger. In short, if he says something that seems unfair to some vendor or another, it probably is. Use your own judgement. Bear in mind, however, that Bill is exactly the kind of gadfly one needs in order to make sure companies do the right thing.
Bill is very knowledgeable about the world of video; I think he must spend half his life pouring over press releases, USENET posts and various rumour mill publications to get his information. However, Bill is a creature of the present. If CANON comes up with a great video camera, he will be the first to sing its praises. If there is then a problem with CANON’s camera, he will immediately say that it’s a piece of junk and CANON should be crucified for selling it. But then CANON fixes the problem and the camera winds up being a perfectly fine thing again. Bill likes the new, likes the WOW, but has an unsteady trigger finger. In short, if he says something that seems unfair to some vendor or another, it probably is. Use your own judgement. Bear in mind, however, that Bill is exactly the kind of gadfly one needs in order to make sure companies do the right thing. Without the pressures exerted by Bill and friends, manufacturers would be much more likely to cut corners in customer support. I
