[gblake]

With a tip of the hat to John Godfrey Saxe and a wag of the finger to folks who might have a conscious or unconscious tendency to view this discussion as a competition instead of a coopetition; let me offer this:

"It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind
...
They conclude that the elephant is like a wall, snake, spear, tree, fan or rope, depending upon where they touch. They have a heated debate that does not come to physical violence. But in Saxe's version, the conflict is never resolved.
...
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!"

Maybe we aren't quite as divided as the six blind men of the story/poem; but I think we could do a better job of collaborating and of inspiring each other. I suggest that two successful programs serving a market that is a long, long way from saturated, is better than one.

Blake

PS: This material is an excerpt from this Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant