drhunt. There's no question that RP is a silky smooth communicator. Had he unplugged his phone(simultaneously short circuiting his affinity for misleading innuendo), he could have morphed into a magnificently successful VP/Sales, replacing Steve Ferguson, a shuffling, excuse ridden, unaggressive lightweight.(IMO)
I was ENORMOUSLY IMPRESSED by the webcast, and remain of the opinion that even this mediocre management team could not keep this technology of destiny from eventually making it to the forefront.I am not of the opinion that the sacrifices FF/RP may have made in the past give them a license to eternity.
(IMO)it would be in the best interests of the company for the selected members of the BOD to begin thinking about a search for an entirely new management team... once the burn rate can handle it.(don't worry,I won't post this same thought ad infinitum like the idiot Packers)
Fred Falk,(IMO)our overpaid and usually tongue tied leader has the stones to continually give us the "it didn't happen on my watch" shrug whenever the retailing debacle resurfaces. FF and JC should have been fired at the same time.(RP could have handled that SHM without turning it into a disaster)
Ran Furman,(IMO) our "deer in the headlights" CFO(ironically from Canada) should also be fired and held directly accountable for ignorantly contaminating this fragile little company with tainted financing resources from offshore shorting interests,and for engineering the poorly timed sales scheduling (of the albeit necessary shelf shares)
This company is ready for greatness.I WILL ADD TO MY POSITION AND BE A BIG TIME BUYER TOMORROW. Although I have all my original shares(idiot), I have felt no real reason to buy until now. The natural course of technological events is finally ready for OUR technology,in spite of our management.
Meanwhile, Fred and Robert finally stumble into a meaningful, forthright, sincere, one on one meeting with Sunpoop and D.inkie at CES and finally realize that maybe it's not such a bad idea to stop p*ssing on the shareholder's backs.
Sorry Fred,Ran,Robert,Steve..too little/too late... Loved the webcast. Loved the newfound straight talk... Have always loved the technology.. But I fail to see how any intelligent shareholder can now be sincerely comfortable and happy with your present management skills leading the charge from here on out.
The BOD should thoughtfully and quietly search for a new CEO,CFO,VP/Sales,and VP/IR... when a higher burn rate can be tolerated. In the long run,it would be better for the shareholders and the price per share........
I will now stop raining on the well deserved shareholder parade, let the sun come up, and slither off to make a little more mula.....As always, not trying to win any popularity contest, but nonetheless...long and strong.
PS.(and please,I beg you, just for once, can the old hens on this board refrain from the "Packeresque" monotony of... "why don't you just sell if you don't like the management")