In your usual off the mark assessment, regarding the SATA System's use of an second independent clock, and you wrote:

"If that statement is true, then it is not just individual companies that are attempting to avoid licensing the 336 tech, but an industry-wide conspiracy to do so."

In reply, I direct you to EE Bailey's post: ... "To an engineer, the idea that support for SATA infringes on 336 in and of itself is incredibly naive and stupid".

*I think that pretty much sums up a whole lot.