sled, finding someone to finance a co when the co is in a bad financial situation as xkem was all those years is not easy. so yes, without chassman or any other financier like him, there would be no xkem today imo. but a co has to know when to get out of that kind of arangement asap. otherwise there will be no co left either. basu arengement, plus gov support is what is saving the day for xkem,......just in time.....imvho.