FJ, your comment on your last post resonates a lot of realistic truth ...

" They had confidence that it could be done. Geoff told a crowd of us during an AGM tour that there were tricks to build the laser and that those tricks could absolutely be transferred to a fab. Which does not mean they will not get it done but it is going to take time and a more sustained approach on someone else's dime. We think it is India with the 3 year staged development that Suresh believed would be required but we don’t know yet.  "

As far as the GaAs platform goes, I hope those who are the "we" are right. We have probably hired enough engineers now (those long sought after 40 Engineers touted by PC). It is just a matter of funds now and the Indian RFP may indeed be the route for the GaAs. Maybe Ajit eventually figured out that this is the way that part of the company would gravitate to for POET --- up and to the 'east'. The request for proposal seemingly had Ajit written all over it in terms of technical requirements and may indeed be foretelling.

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