in fact we were displayed in DevCon Germany in November 2009

The person who did that presentation says he has lost confidence and is looking elsewhere, something he says he had warned Etec about in no uncertain terms, but received no response. Hank Fay, who has been one of the main community drivers, also formally warned them he could not proceed unless they resumed communication and met their promises: the lack of any response led to this and other threads indicating widespread loss of confidence.

Seems to me there is a major disconnect if Etec regards these events as "rumors" and still will not address people directly, which is the primary complaint. Some of us have started phoning the company (if anybody speaks Spanish, feel free: from the US 011 502 2437-5934, ask for Salvador Davila) to report on the widespread bad press out there and loss of key people because Etec will not communicate. Yesterday this bore fruit: a promise was made that a status update would be forthcoming. We shall see. In the meantime Hank and influential others have started their own project and may prove difficult to lure back without some indication that things have changed in a big way.