OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: Obviously, Mr. Lawrence is expressing reservations. It seems to me > that expressing doubt under the current circumstances is a perfectly > reasonable conclusion, considering all the obfuscation going on. >
Sure. I still have reservations. I think I made that clear. Defkalion's previous answers to me in their forum about Stremmenos are still weird. I can't tell if they are obfuscation or confusion. They are not satisfactory. But who cares about their their problem with their Board of Directors? Or with Rossi? The technology is what matters! An independent test is what matters. There is often a lot sturm und drang in a start up company. People forget about it a few years later. Business history books don't discuss it. They make the success seem inevitable. > As for me, there comes a time when the curious have no choice but to > either trust (or NOT trust) the judgment of another individual. In > this case, the individual I am referring to is Jed Rothwell. > In this case I am not asking you to trust much. This is not exactly definitive news. It is just an indication that Defkalion means what they say, and they really are trying to get tests underway. It will be a heck of a lot more interesting when the tests actually happen -- if they happen. We all know that Defkalion is behind their originally announced schedule. It sounds like their R&D is difficult and it is taking longer than expected. Anyone who has been involved in R&D would expect that. It takes twice as long and it costs 10 times more than planned. - Jed
