I'm going to make the assumption that you haven't been reading all the posts recently, because I have a higher opinion of you than of the run of the mill Raggies psychos we've been getting here, and I've covered pretty much all these points recently. Just a couple of things, because I've had a long day, and I'm going home.

1. Re trade secrets--as I said recently, when I was in Ragozin's office he said repeatedly, in front of lots of people, that anyone could take anything they wanted. He knew that the formulas were the least of it--you still needed capital, live ground, judgement, and a willingness to work incredibly hard for a long time. In point of fact, I didn't touch his database and took very little else--we use slightly different wind and ground formulas and, as you have noticed, very different methods to make figures. We made our database from scratch.

2. Given the above there is nothing stupid about the analogy at all, and there wasn't anyway. No-one takes the position that the inventor of cars is the best or should be the only maker of cars, and in this case Ragozin didn't invent one damn element of his product other than his father's idea, the use of the graph, and you tell me whether putting figures on a graph would be copyright infringement in any business.

3. I don't remember saying Ragozin was guilty of slander. I did say his employees are guilty of lying, which I know and can prove because we got them on tape, and sent transcripts to Ragozin. You're damn right his lawyer told him to clam up--my point was that it should be obvious to anyone that if I didn't have the goods they could have shoved it up my butt in public, and anyone with a brain can draw their own conclusions.

4. In one of the posts you didn't read I explained why I didn't sue (again). My lawyer, who is very good, explained that to win I would have to prove both that Ragzoin had prior knowledge of his employees actions, and damages on a case by case basis. If you can figure out a cost effective way to do that let me know, and I'll give you half the net profit from the suit.



TGJB