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In <1992Jul30.234954.1384@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> jrm@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:

>In article <11477@optilink.UUCP>, manley@optilink.UUCP (Dave Manley) writes:
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------+
>> + The SONIC CLARITY(tm)  CORP., LTD. supports a drug-free      +
>> + workplace and requires that all offers of employment         +
>> + be contingent on satisfactory pre-employment drug test       +
>> + results.                                                     +
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------+

>	Well, you won't get rich on MY dollars. I cannot support
>	any company that has caved-in to the current anti-drug
>	propaganda to the extent of violating the civil-rights
>	and common dignity of its employees with substance
>	tests. 40-odd years ago, it would have been loyalty-oaths,
>	or proof of non-Jewishness, non-Blackness or anti-communism.
>	Same evil, different name. 

>	Just my humble perspective on creeping fascism ...

I wouldn't worry. The technology was originally developed at 3M, a 
terrific place to work. Although the Sony lasers work at lower wavelengths,
they're behind 3M in that they require liquid nitrogen (wouldn't that be
the ultimate tweak set-up), whereas 3M has lasers operating at room temp
[I actually know a fellow who was associated with the development team].

Given that there are half a dozen groups in the US alone working on this
technology, Sony is unlikely to get a monopoly on it. Of couse, with their
resources (they have something like 3 MBE machines [molecular beam epitaxy]
working full time on the project), they could easily finish first.

Paul Lane