[confluence]

Hopefully this entire episode straightens itself out - I was worried that Perlman was not the man I judged him out to be from a far (talks/papers/history/work). It seriously undermined my confidence in my ability to judge the character of the people around me (I'm still doubtful of course - but this shook me a little bit more than usual).

Looks like a bit of poor cash flow management - mixed with some unfortunate acquisition manoeuvres lead OnLive to this rather nasty juncture (Sony's Gaiki acquisition - inability to monetize - inability to sign up profitably - too much scale too fast).

OnLive is still a great idea - and as John Carmack has stated (paraphrased):

> "Cloud gaming is a technical inevitability. It will happen within the next 5 years."

And someone is still going to make a lot of money. I'm still betting it'll be Perlman and his team.

[drone]

The only reason to believe he was a bad person, or not the person you thought he was, was a completely made-up and unsubstantiated hit article by Tech Crunch designed as link bait. Before that article, it was just another matter of a poorly performing business plan that needed to be addressed.