" AM and the Good Doctor may have been friends for a very long time, since they both worked at Bell Labs."

Could be fate. With the breakup of AT & T in '84, I was devastated. Could possibly have provided Ajit and Dr. T an opportunity to branch out and reach a higher level of accomplishment. A decade later the monopolistic breakup of Bell Canada took place. I was seething. I retired in '94 from Bell Canada with a bit of bitterness about what was forced upon virtually the only company I ever worked for. The retirement package was good. The RRSP part of my benefit ironically is now heavily weighted on PTK. How sweet this could turn out to be.