halston, your view point would certainly be worth considering were we not absolutely sure that MSFT
is privy to our tech via our (NVEI and MSFT) joint
usage of the Cambridge U. Computer Laboratory, headed by Dr .Greaves, a principal member of our advisory board and who was amongst those instrumental in advancing our technology to its current level of sophistication. Apparently, there is reason to believe that there a communal sharing of info re work done there by the doctoral candidates, etc, of whom we have one that we are financially sponsoring and who is working on the mathematical and computer-related aspects of the NVEI technology. Consequently, this cross-fertilization of the companies represented at Greaves' Lab at Cambridge is one way that other companies - BT, Marconi, MSFT, amongst others - may
learn of the NVEI advances in our dissruptive technology. Actually, after I thought about it a bit more, I think that MSFT jumped in with both feet so as to prevent their arch-rival, AOL/WB, from usurping such a large chunk of the action and allowing themselves to have a ready-made arena for their soft-wear to find application in the burgeoning broadband sphere. I guess when you have $60 billion in loose change burning a hole in your pocket, you can afford to ward competitors off with one hand while you're making set/top boxes with the other!
JMHO
Rob
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