While you may consider yourselves ``longs``, I perceive you as bashers, plain and simple. You come on Saturday when it is well known that Agora monitors don`t. You bring up long-resolved crap from the distant past, and make stupid statements/ask stupid questions. Examples:

Patent described, the word ``technology`` used (not the word ``design``), and you go off on how it`s about design and not technology. Can`t you read?

Comments made about how MOS enables multicodec, and then spout that there all these multicodec audio devices out there. Yup, they are - multicodec meaning exactly TWO (2), MP3 and something else (i.e., AAC or WMA or ATRAC (Sony), if it`s even still around). When this capability was touted, there were some 5-10 codecs out there. Ultimately, Apple`s Dolby AAC and Microsoft`s WMA prevailed as the two SECURE formats. Any devices out there have both? NO. Ever used a multicodec (i.e., MP3 plus AAC or MP3 plus WMA) device with music in both codecs contained on the device? Notice the long, long pause between tracks if one is in MP3 and the other a secure format (AAC or WMA)? Ever use an Odyssey 1000 or other EDIG device under the same circumstance? Was there a long pause? (ans: NO). What`s changed in this environment? Video AND music on same device? More codecs involed? Hoping you can figure it out...

Ten years of having our patents. Okay, five years ago, how many flash-based devices out there? How many now? (with the expanding memory size of flash, and declining price for flash). Heard of Apple`s IPOD? It was rotating media based (with a small flash buffer for shock resistance). Can you still buy a new one? NO. Why? Because early this year, Apple announced it was going pure flash (Nano). Gee, ya think that maybe NOW would be a better time to pursue potential infringers? And what if (IF) Jobs and Gates shake hands and allow AAC/ITunes and WMA on the same device? Think maybe a little 8K MOS might be of more interest? (see above paragraph). And, BTW, EDIG stated, way back in early 2000, that they weren`t entertaining pursuit of flash patents infringers until there was adequate proliferation/saturation of devices using flash memory as main memory. They`re living up to their game plan, IMO, and getting independent advice on the level of infringement, if any.

I could go on, but why? I suggest you read and learn, and if you make comments think first, and if you ask questions give them an appropriate tone.

These things I KNOW! (and I don`t end with that very often).

TIA,

SGE