Much has been made about external factors effecting the POET program and the POET product. From weather to politics, from economics to war, from death to taxes, we have discussed much regarding external factors.

The Good part is that the company has assembled one of the greatest collection of industry minds on any continent, when mixed in with deft strokes of the whisk from our good Doctor Taylor, and the POET product, one sees a recipe for success like no other. Even more good, is the interest so far garnered (under NDA no doubt) from industry heavyweights and the like. One only need think of how far we have come (and are about to go) in a short time. I am confident in our leadership, management, and science people that as POET is but one bud on the Rose bush, it will propagate more and more. As has been mentioned our COO and CEO did not leave millions in potentiate earnings and bonuses to join us, just for fun and frolic. Rather for a chance at a role in history, and to be and provide industry leadership and then theres always........huge wealth appreciation opportunity.

The Bad is something of small potatoes concerns, mainly the fact that does it work. I think by our aquisition of the top talent, by the rumored involvement of several behemoths, by the precedent setting ruling on Microsoft by the justice department. These eliminate (to me at least based on industry experience) the concern for functionality issues, the concern of a low ball offer (or any type of one at this point) or even the issue of revenue. Believe me there will be lots of that.

The Ugly will consist of the manias created by the giant little company and its product making a big splash on the tech world and the world at large. The Ugly will also consist of those late adopters, trying, maybe in vain, to get a substantial piece of the action after the forethinkers have acquired theirs. The Ugly will be in those who refuse to believe the cooperative processes signed by early adopters, will bear fruit. The Ugly will be in a stodgy old industry that dislikes change (unless they own it) let alone change from a tiny Canadian company that could save an entire industry. The Ugly will be in the form of a mainstream business media that is taken aback by the horrendous potential of the POET product and not having the foresight to report in it until its "old news". The Ugly will consist of critics, ne'er do wells, or even bloggers, who refused to believe, who will still find faut and will claim certain failure even after industry wide adoption.

Beauty maybe only skin deep....but POET has VERY thick skin !