Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[Surfint]

Also, if VPC thinks they can squeeze out LQMT (take over), maybe they can, but if they had quality issues initially, they probably don't look that great to a customer prospect that knew about it.

If LQMT is "ready" now for "real" business, it seems like they need a new manufacturer or agreement to address four primary concerns:
1) they need a partner that understands and can meet quality standards
2) they need to be able to address business together where both can make $ ( meet their margin requirements )
3) they both have to recognize that non-exclusivity is key to their success
4) any entity that wants to supply/manufacture LMT parts has to realize that they have to be "competitive" (vs. greedy alone which is what it sounds like)

It sounds like LQMT needed money and didn't have a good read on VPC and as things developed and "investors" started to realize that VPC/LQMT greed was getting in the way of shareholder value, that's when the finger pointing began (to PDP's point).

What I wonder is how are they both going to skirt the "fraud" allegations if both participated in it.

It doesn't sound positive to me because big company prospects that screen and validate vendors don't typically fabor ones with a history or track record of fraud.