<It appears by the recent Pacer documents that NEC EA, and Toshiba are more open to agree to maybe a settlement by language in the PIC and other documents, then Matsushita.>

I agree. Look at it this way. Until there is agreement on exactly the extent of what is at stake in Texas, it would be problematic to come up with a rational settlement amount. This is a big positive step in that direction IMHO. Opty