"Lee Michaels" leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net wrote in message
From a pure marketing viewpoint, Mr. Gass was an idiot. He ****ed
everybody off.

Well, I can't blame him as much as some do. He *did* first try to get his
device into the market through the other manufacturers who themselves
supposedly appeared to collude against his Sawstop. Personally, I don't
think the licensing fee he wanted was outlandish, there have been many
smaller and less technical devices that have come out on the market that
have commanded a greater licensing fee than what Gass wanted. Quite
possibly, the time, money and effort to patent, build and market a tablesaw
with his safety feature was just too much for him to face. Many, many people
including myself might balk at such an endevour. Gass certainly wouldn't be
the first person to try to take the shorter route. In this case, it turned
out to be the longer route.

And in the end, he was forced to face his demons and market the saw himself.
If even *one* of those manufacturers had taken on the licensing of the
Sawstop, they might well be at the top of the tablesaw marketing pyramid.