John Coviello wrote:
I know it's still a long shot, but some of us are still pinning our hopes
on iESiUSA to pull us out of this long cold fusion slump. Any late word
on the goings on at iESiUSA?
My understanding is that they are going to keep things under wraps until
March 2006, for reasons I cannot begin to imagine. I expect their business
plan and reasoning resembles that the Wright brothers from 1905 to 1908,
when they stopped flying, stopped most development work (except for the
engines), tried to keep a patented design secret, and tried to sell the
airplane to governments and others who had no interest in buying it. Most
aviation historians consider these decisions tragically misguided. Harry
Combs wrote:
. . . the brothers entered into a period that today we must regard is
bordering on the tragic. For it was then that the rights made a definite
decision to embark on a course that many consider to have been detrimental
to the continuing development of aviation, not only at that time, but for
several years to come. . . .
. . . from November 1905 until May 1908 the Wright brothers were so adamant
in their distrust of individuals, groups, and governments, that they
stopped all flying and never left the ground for the same period -- as we
shall see, nearly a catastrophic decision.
- H. Combs, Kill Devill Hill, p. 248, p. 251
- Jed
