BF, you wrote, "IMO, the flaw comes when you ignore the fact Solms said things like the Bell-ID will close by August, stand by for announcements, etc. And you jump right into the argument, "What is he supposed to do in this position?" You seem to skip over the fact Solms put himself in that position."
I don't recall Solms ever making such a statement about Bell ID. The August timeline was referenced in the original 7/31/14 PR as follows:
Using Bell ID’s Trusted Service Manager and Secure Element in The Cloud (SEiTC) server, alongside Wave’s ERAS for TPM management and Wave’s endpoint identity and monitoring expertise, the combined offering provides robust protection for transactions and stored payments. The companies have executed a letter of intent and anticipate the signing of a definitive agreement in August.