austin01 - re your seconding tiger annie's proposal that mgmt take a 25 % or so cut in their wages, I'm afraid that that notion will die aborning as soon as the financing is announced, putting us on a more direct course to achieve our goals, perhaps in a shorter period of time than we - or, at least, I - had thought likely. This is the longest blackout period I've experienced with any stock, but the likelihood of success seems greater with BK's recent announcements and the SIL potential payout being greater than most had anticipated/calculated. I'm (pretty) sure that mgmt will remain mute to any such proposition, in view of the shorter timeframe as to this (SIL) release and the funding announcements which now SEEM to be sooner rather than later. As soon as these are made, and they prove to be sufficient for the runup to FPGA's and ASIC's, I believe that all will be forgiven and our attention will then be turned to how soon and how much. We'll ALWAYS have something to b..ch about, but what's a stock board for, anyway?! LOL Rob