Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[Barney Vissur]

I don't want to admit it, but it actually does make a lot of sense. Who would you expect to commercialize LM first? - Apple or LQMT? If Apple is throwing all the bucks at R&D to make sure what is commercialized looks the way they want it to and can stand the test of consumer/commercial use, it would make the most sense that LQMT will be utilizing that R&D dumped into CIP for non-C/E use.

Further, Apple validating the tech (and the materials Vidal says other engineers are "fearful" of - namely, beryllium) is metaphorically like having the King (Apple) taste the food before the servants. Plus, everyone else has been extolling the virtues of the marketing angle of Apple's use. How is the small R&D budget of LQMT going to outdo the R&D budget and commercialization prospects of Apple? It can't. It's why the sooner AAPL comes out with an LM product (not just a SIM card removal clip), the faster LQMT can start to sell something.