Apple Computer went public in 1980 at $20-something per share. Computers were the future, Apple Computer was at the forefront and it was not possible to make anything except right decisions.
Five years later, Steve Jobs, he was ousted by the board of directors. The company’s leadership instability resulted in the stock falling to below $2 per share.
Even with all that Apple Computer had going for it, it still took years to evolve into what they are now, and that was basically for want of an operating system.
POET has the hardware equivalent of an operating system and it's in the form of a platform. We're starting out with it too. A platform is almost as limitless as the bandwidth of photonics and fiber, and the imagination of the designers will prove this out. We're in the right place. Don't lose hope.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.” ― Albert Einstein