I would say it's a zig, and a zag, at most......using "ing" is a bit much here.

We may never know if the original PET PDK was poorly received and hence the acquisition of the high-priced help to steer the technology in the right direction. Nevertheless. I don't see nefarious intentions in any case. PC always said he was not the right guy to lead the company, and when they did get the right people changes were made to go in the right direction for the times. Remember, GT had been in a lab for years so he wasn't so in tune with what the market was asking for as the new management was.

The intention of my earlier post was to illustrate this, and Rainer kindly pointed out that the PDK could've been used for the AOC....

...we just don't know...

These things take a long time, management is not trying to screw us, these mens' reputations are worth far more than the few bucks they could siphon here..