I am not familiar with the issues on the Mt Vernon. But I can't imagine why we cannot hold the company responsible for fielding a product that was not ready. Vendor problems and rushed engineers is the responsibility of the manufacturer isn't it? Also, it seems a reasonable comment by scubasteve that the change in ownership changed the results he was getting before the change. We have all experienced this many times in our industry and we anticipate that things will be similar when another company is purchased by a larger corporation. I'd say it was fair enough that he shared his own experience and that he knew enough to say what he did. It may not be your own view, or experience, but I did not see it as out of place.
Sean
Sean