Mike,
I understand your frustration …like my signature line says Nothing Is Easy…However you can’t hold your cards tight forever … eventually you have to show your hand… I don’t know who did what first…I don’t really care…all I want is the latest and greatest I can get for my 6/1 interests… whether it’s a gasket or the next epiphany of the 21st century…what does it matter?
There were two guys a hundred years ago who were solely responsible for stifling…. yes I said ‘stifling’ aircraft development in the United States… because it was their idea and they wanted to keep it that way… it was the Wright Brothers…
There are people in this industry that give their ideas away freely and also sell information and products…as Abbot and Costello said ‘who’s on first’…to me it does not matter it’s the positive atmosphere for development and progress that is fostered…and that is not accomplished by trying to poke someone in the eye…
Like the guy in the cornfield…”build it and they will come “ and if they don’t then maybe it was the wind up before the pitch that wasn’t quite right….
The early bird gets the worm.
The second mouse gets the cheese.
Getting old sucks.
That’s life…..
Joe