There is at least a chance that the deterioration in basic industrials and housing is portending a serious problem with the economy as a whole. The belief here is that the technology rally cannot continue without participation from the old industrials. As the infrastructure for information delivery becomes more and more efficient, we will need something else to talk about beside ways to improve our information delivery, if you will. But I have been fully invested every step of the way in stocks deemed cheap by any measure. Simply put, my comfort level with this degree of investment has never been lower.
Echelon is an excellent and well-regarded company with a bright future.
They even have some decent revenue now. There is room for a number of players in a market ready to explode as devices require more and more sophistication and new communication capabilities. Microware has its warts. It does appear to have been more of a marketing problem than a technology problem. Microware has another chance on a level playing field as new markets open up and old ones change.