Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[mowo]

Thanks for the response. I'm baffled by the fact that Apple hasn't bought Liquidmetal yet... if only to keep everything co-developed entirely secret. But with all patent applications made public, Apple can't keep those private either way.

I can think of only 3 reasons AAPL hasn't yet gobbled up LQMT:

1) Apple isn't certain that the technology will ever be ready for large-scale worldwide use and is waiting to be sure before buying Liquidmetal. But with all the patents co-developed, I can't imagine why Apple would want to wait longer to ultimately pay more for the company.
2) Assuming Apple wants to buy Liquidmetal, perhaps Liquidmetal believes the net present value of its future non-CE revenues are greater than Apple's buyout offer and doesn't want to sell.
3) Apple is truly altruistic and wants to give Liquidmetal the opportunity to earn vast non-CE revenues in other industries following so many years of endless R&D to get the technology to market.

I don't understand it though. Apple routinely buys companies seemingly on a whim because they have technology that Apple wants. Clearly Apple wants this technology, and I just don't understand why they haven't sealed the deal yet. All opinions welcome!