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I wrote, in part, >>selfsame pump sank like a stone as I read, down at the very bottom, >>those dread words: "A Harman International Company." To which Matthias responded, >As fusions go on, soon you will read "Made by Mankind Inc." and after the >first error (which you will certainly discover after 5 minutes, in the >future) you are forced to buy only from other planets... Very likely, and a possibility I've considered--especially given the trend toward decreasing corporate/government liability, at least in the USA. :-( There's a happier possibility, though: Looking at trends in CAD, CAM, the growth of the Internet, etc., I can imagine in the not too distant future a Kim Flint, Jon Durant or Matthias Grob being able to design, manufacture, and sell a musical device working largely alone, using off-the-shelf multipurpose chips, software, and even PCBs, and marketing on the Web. Another possibility: How long will it be before this Pentium 133 I'm using (which came with *two* MIDI sequencer programs and WAV audio software) shrinks to palmtop size, for a third of the price--and I can design my own looper, morphing FX, etc.? John Email: johnpollock@delphi.com Troubador Tech on the Web--http://people.delphi.com/johnpollock/