OK.    I have wondered in the past exactly how much time we lost, how many possible trials were missed.   I don't think anyone here can answer that, and I won't waste my time asking IR.

"I feel that we are closer than ever in seeing prototypes and production as we lost about 6 to 9 months of that time."

Yes, that would explain everything, but how did you arrive at those numbers?   I assume you are referring to the VCSEL?  Are you saying that no wafers were produced during that period, for 6 to 9 months?

Although a buy out is not impossible, all they would get is DensLight, and the yet unproven IP and history of efforts to produce a working IR transceiver.   If Poet can claim success with the transceiver, a buy out would be in dollars, not pennies imo.  Question is, is someone out there willing to pay .45 to .55 cents/share, for DenseLight, (a big price for DL, which is itself still in the development stage) and the yet unproven Intellectual Property of Poet, namely the VCSEL?

You can't force the Company to release good news if there is none.  I have reluctantly come around to the conclusion that a successful working demonstration of a GaAs VCSEL might be years away, if ever.   In my mind, therefore, if that is the case, the effort put into DenseLight makes a lot of sense, because without it, what would we have?  

Shareholders are reduced to hope and trust that management is doing the right thing.   By that, I mean in Singapore, where it seems almost all the activity and much investment is being concentrated.  I wonder if there is still a need for the office in San Jose?   Maybe it should all be moved to Singapore, to consolidate everything and save some money.

Note the dimensions. Imagine 40 transmitters and receivers on a single chip with one fiber end to end. At 25G per channel that is a terabit.

There is a saying "it boggles the mind".

The POET 850nm VCSEL based optical engine (transceiver) is to be used for the AOC. The work with A*Star is to modify that VCSEL to produce the required visible light for display.

First things first -- demonstration of the 850nm VCSEL.  That would great in itself.  To produce one for visible light display is the ultimate, of which shareholder's dreams are made of.