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Yes I know, Gary. We've had this discussion before. I'm not saying Vibrant "forced" you to do anything technical. When I said Vibrant forced you to produce a slow poke 3DS I meant your total package of your part of the package + the inline driver. I'm saying that they we're in a unique position to develop a product for 3DS and for some reason rather than produce a top notch product (the vibrant driver) for you they produced a mediocre product for 3DS + a means to accellerate the video output with LS which is sold separately thereby having a top notch product in the combination of the two.. IN MY OPINION, it appears that Vibrant was in a unique position to do this. I don't see it as a technical reason. I see it as a marketing reason. And, IN MY OPINION, it is a bad marketing decision. The idea of a dual dongle is just ludicrous to get 3DS to perform at 100% but thats another issue. Since the LS product requires the Vibrant video driver to reach top performance it would seem that Vibrant's development of LS has something to do with using it in combination with the inline driver. It also seems peculiar that when using LS in combination with other independent drivers such as Panacea that LS actually cripples 3DS performance. If LS has nothing to do with the driver in operation then why this discrepancy in speed data? In this case, Gary, I stand by my opinion that a wiser marketing decision would have been for Autodesk to offer LS as a non product within the 3DS package. Autodesk should have done everything possible to arrange this with Vibrant prior to releas of 3DSr3. Believe me when I opened my r3 box and saw the ad for LS after hearing about the wonderful inline driver to solve all those driver problems from r1 and 2 I was immediately disappointed. Again, I repeat, I don't blaim you for producing a less than top speed product as in "slow poke" because it appeared this had only to do with the vibrant end of things. But, if I had hired a sub to develop something for my client and the sub gave me a 50% product for them and then went to my clients and offered to sell them the remaining 50 % at the time my client received his cripled version, do you think my client would buy the story that something wasn't ethical? I don't blaim you and I don't blaim the technical guys at Vibrant as the LS product and the Vibrant drivers are first rate. I just think its bad marketing and makes you look bad. If you are indeed responsible for the marketing decisions, then I stand corrected and shame on you. You should have insisted that LS be a part of the package. I know I'm not making any friends here but I think 3DS is a top gun product and I want it to continue to be that way. I depend on it for my livelihood and want to support you and Autodesk in any way that makes it more successful even if I have to sound off once in awhile.