Yeah, that just reminded me about something I meant to say earlier. The original Mk1 Empeg was conceived of in late '97/early '98 IIRC, and it's design and feature set were well publicised to prospective buyers. We are now halfway though 2002, and no other manfacturer has even come close to the Mk1 in terms of functionality. (The only thing that they have bettered the Mk1 on is capacity, but that's a gimme.)