Looks like my "shovel" analogy didn't come across to everyone as it was meant to be. May be it's the age gap. No, I wasn't there back in the 1870s, though some of you may put me in this age category. I'm fully aware of living in the 21st century knowing that todays "shovels" are far more advanced...

BMs thanking me mainly came from non-native speakers. So there may be a culture issue. Not being a native speaker myself, as you have guessed long ago, I may have trouble getting my views across. So be it. All the comments about the OI being more than a shovel are appreciated. Yet looking at the markets' appreciation I may have been not that far off.

I admire FJ for his technical expertise but as right as he may be - the market does not follow him yet. My background is marketing, so I'm looking for reasons for this discrepancy. Call me stupid, as most engineers do with marketing guys. If only millions of engineers would buy POET stock...!

As long as we focus on debating about having a "shovel" or a ticket for "Live on Mars" we all seem to believe in the same thing, only overshadowed by our own narcism telling us how stupid POET Mgmt, Board and the market are. Believing that this is what makes the "Big Guns" interested in POET is overoptimistic at least, knowing that we are nothing but retailers insignificant to the company's future as we are not contributing anything to them, but still want to be their pals.

As much as this may please our egos, it's not helping a company to reach the billions of market capitalisation that we're expecting them to achieve. Thanks for reading.

Cheers and GLTA

Germiston