ironically yp6, you may be roughly correct! It appears they traded an early adaptor discount, prodded by their teasing, for a cash injection to pay for the stupendous cost of bringing the release to market. It's a Poser Futures Contract! You pay for the hog bellies, you get to brag you own the hog bellies, but the hog bellies won't be bacon until spring! We early adaptors were willing to live with the slush. We got to jiggle the toys around some, we got a low price, we can't do anything important until the SR comes out, SNAFUBWDC. [add --'but we don't care'] ::::: Opera :::::