On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:01:07 -0500, Hank Gillette wrote:
In article ,
Dave Hinz wrote:

Yup. It's clear that Sawstop's motivation is for other than the public
good. Hell, one could argue that by patenting it and failing to provide
a product, they're _preventing_ public good, since they won't allow
competant manufacturers to build 'em.

He offered to license it to the manufacturers and they blew him off. How
is that not letting them build them?

Was that before, or after, he tried to force all of them to put the
device on their saws? If after, I can see why they'd tell him to
pound sand.