Ark: ...the vast majority of companies that will make up the POET Ecosystem do not care who controls POET.

I tend to have a different view on this. Even though they are part of an "alleged" (at this time) POET Ecosystem, I doubt that company "X" would want their direct competitor company "Y" to own this thing.

If POET have the goods, like most of us beleive, a bidding war COULD be very possible.