RE: Oh, no! WED is rising!Not sure how many folks here have experience in corporate management and in particular with a technology industries involving both the Japanese and Chinese. Toss in WED need to protect intellectual property and the difficulty of dealing with the Chinese government only scratches the surface of what WED needs to contend with.
From a corporate viewpoint, the Japanese corporations (who have a tremendous amount of experience in the electronics field), are always looking for the latest blockbuster technology to give them an edge. The amount they put into WED is not peanuts but it's also not their life savings. Having said this, IMO, if this technology takes off, Sanyo and DNP will very much be part of the ifire future.
My knowledge of business in Asia is through a family member who was involved in corporate negotiations when GM first set up shop in Shanghai and the legal implications combined with the language/translation of legal documents would make your head numb. If you can imagine legal documentation in plain english that legal eagles here can twist your words into a knot but try doing that in a language that has no direct english translation.
This process is not like making instant coffee and WED is a spec stock... you guys should be able to figure out why the first JV takes time to secure. Please stop complaining and bashing management and your fellow posters here. Management is concerned with everything they need to do to get this technology to the marketplace and holding crying investors hands is not apart of their job description. For those armchair CEO's and presidents here, sit back and sip some koolaid.