Nice post, Lewboski!  I, too would like to see us swimming in a very different pond wihen it comes to relationships with investment banks, but given where we are and where we've been for the past 6 or 7 years, the current relationships are not surprising. 

Gotta do what you gotta do to keep the lights on!  And POET is far, far from the only company in this boat.  Someday, we all hope to look back on these relationships and laugh as they fade in the rear view mirror.  But right now, darn, they are still very important to us.