And without any ``threats``. In the defense industry, particularly R&D houses, in the late `80s/early `90s, the Gov`t mandated research sharing to bolster competition for ``soul source`` items. This really caused an upset at my employer; but they were our prime customer so whatcha goona do? Then the intent all came undone when the same Gov`t allowed all that defense contractor consolidation after the Wall came down (much less competition, more soul source since consolidation first happened between companies that were synergistic and worked on similar stuff). Can`t see anything like that on our horizon.

SGE