The past is a very strong indicator of the future when one looks at an individual's or a companies' tract record, and that is especially true of both Bruce and VLDI. The story would be different if all those that tried the product rushed out to become clients, but when they all ran for the hills it is obvious to most that VLDI has a huge marketing problem and probably will never be able to monetize the VP product.
I believe in the old adage that success usually breeds success and that VLDI with over 20 years of failures will only breed failure.
Without history there is absolutely no basis for investing, since history provides the facts and trying to predict the future without any facts only amounts to pure speculation without any basis.. .
"Sarcasm is the last refuge of the weak mind". (Dostoyevsky) and "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Question everything" (Albert Einstein)