Quote Originally Posted by CaptainObvious View Post
I feel comfortable saying demand price and starter demand were both issues and play a part in why he is no longer here. Are we paying Shapen or Kromenhoek $1.5 million? I don't know, but I suspect we aren't.
In the aggregate, yes. Is either one making that alone? No. And from almost anyone I have talked to about it, the starter demand was the one that we never budged on. The money could have been worked out. But the starter demand would have caused us to lose Shapen, we definitely would not have Kromenhoek, and we would be trying to find a G5 guy who just wanted to be a backup.