RE: EIC vs NHC,LAN,MCM,I hardly think DSL is a shrinking market niche either - you said the need a new product line, that what is coming out - do you not read the news stories? Anyway, I think the "press" has ignored an important fact. Yes Eicon missed the profit expectation, but they ARE profitable. Most others are not in these sectors, and have a pittence of the revenue. Not to mention consistency in that revenue growth. The press out right now put thm in a hard spot - they got slammed for moving from high margin products to lower (but still reasonable) margin products, yet people want the new technology. Overall, I feel a lot safer in EIC than I would in NHC or LAN - both of those companies almost went out of business a short time ago.