They’re providing controls. That hardly links the two companies futures. Regarding Rossi, a NI spokesperson said “I would love for him to be right.” The company isn’t buying into anything, but Rossi is buying NI controls.
I'm sure that Bernie Madoff must have purchased a lot of computer equipment to keep his multi-billion dollar scam going. That's a lot of dollars and a lot of investors for a company with no assets. I bet that the computer company was paid and had little interest in Madoff's business otherwise.
I'm not familiar with the details, but I would wager that Madoff was quite skilled at keeping his distance from potential customers that would question his results. He would simply leave them alone and concentrate on the investors who were convinced, by the high returns that he was supplying, that he must be on the up-and-up.
What a coincidence. That's exactly how I feel about him.