I cherish your disagreements. For, they are often suported by solid reasoning...

Having said that, there are people who can't sell you the Hope diamond for anything. And there are people who "Connect" with the buyers at first sight, and can sell you anything even if you have no need for it and was looking for something else...

And having a "Passion" and "believing" gives one a leg up in "selling" at that level...

In my post to doni, I was agreeing with the latter aspects of his posts. And, despite all the derision showered on RP all these past years on this board, you must admit to the fact he has been passionate about holding, (borrowing from GW), to "the course" in guiding this company to the stage it is today...

You are talking about what it took for RP to bring us here. And some of the things you mention could have been done differetly. But, it was his passion that gives us a glimer of the probablity of the original Business Plan coming together...

Gil...