What was the relative size of Novas, Silicon Canvas and the others?
Novas is clearly the largest. Silicon Canvas the second largest of them. Then comes Novaflow and Fortelink. They are both very small technology companies, kind of pre-product. So a few people each. Novas had grown to about 80 people worldwide. The combined organization is now over 400 people. So of those 400 people, 300 were SpringSoft, 80 were Novas and 30 or so the remainder? Right. 420 people, about 30 at Silicon Canvas. Around those numbers. Novas had its own R&D operation but Silicon Canvas did not. Yes. The Siloti product and part of the Verdi product were the output of Novas R&D. The R&D for Laker was done in Taiwan. What was the prime motivation for making the move now as opposed to a year from now or a year earlier? Great question. That is really important to understand. Basically the original model had fulfilled the objective. We had established a broad product line with strong brands and we had established a customer base. So there was a platform in place. What happens as yo
