> To be fair, that is how innovation occurs. There are many examples of "ridiculous" ideas that ended being wildly successful. I don't mean to draw parallels,

> To be fair, that is how innovation occurs. There are many examples of "ridiculous" ideas that ended being wildly successful. I don't mean to draw parallels, but I remember when Jobs announced the iPhone, everyone was very skeptical. Some called it the "Jesus Phone". I heard that when the iPhone was finally launched, Blackberry engineers went out and bought a few to see how he had done it. Of course, just because there are skeptics it does not mean that the product is good. E.g., all the "perpetual motion" machines out there...