Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: There has been a rumor floated that the US Navy is Rossi’s customer in this > week’s upcoming E-Cat trial. This rumor is entirely believable. >
I have no idea whether this is true or not, but I note that Rossi is firmly opposed to selling his devices to any military organization anywhere in the world. He has said this several times. Even Defkalion says they will abide by this policy. Actually, this policy is illegal. It violates fair trade laws and probably other laws too. You cannot refuse to sell goods to a legitimate customer. As long as the customer is conducting a legal business, you have to sell to them on a first-come first-served basis at the same unit price as any other customer. You cannot refuse to sell because you dislike their ideology or their line of work. You also cannot refuse to sell to customers because of their race, religion or national origin. You cannot refuse to sell to a customer who happens to be competitors, and whom you suspect intends to reverse engineer the product. This part of the law was not enforced much until the 1970s. When they start enforcing it many high-tech companies groused and try to evade the law. They found all kinds of reasons to delay shipping to know competitors. They probably still do. Any businessman knows this. Rossi knows this because I told him several times. I expect he knew it before I told him. I expect the EU has similar fair trade laws so I do not think Defkalion will be able to enforce this policy. I think it makes them look stupid even mentioning it. Who are they kidding? I suppose they are trying to kid Rossi, or at least humoring him. In short, this policy is damn nonsense, but you will not pin down Rossi on that. He will say <meep meep!> <Zoooom!> - Jed
