IIRC, he was convicted of something other than fraud, and it was overturned.
Rossi’s device has been independently verified, so his claims don’t look so overblown any more.
I think that everyone can see that it was independently verified even though it had to be done 'in situ', so to speak. However, his claims have proven overblown, because he claimed two years ago that these would be in common use in several factories. AFAIK, that is not true.
He went through a learning curve in terms of what it takes to get a prototype into a production unit (it’s just a bunch of business stuff, and that’s easy, right?)
I think that is an apt description.
.... and so it might not seem so farfetched that he sent one or two of these kinds of units to actual, paying customers as he has claimed.
He might. Don't you think they would be bragging about it ? That the investment is something that would be known throughout every office in that company ? Or do you think they were sworn to secrecy ?
He might. Don’t you think they would be bragging about it ?
***No freeping way. Whoever it is, they make their money by generating heat. If they announce they have a Rossi box, suddenly dozens of people show up hoping to inspect their box. Incredible hassle. They don’t need it. That’s not the business they’re in. Conversely, if they bought a box and it doesn’t work (a fraud, like all these... ‘skeptics’... keep saying, then they would have been loudly squawking all along. So far, not a peep.
That the investment is something that would be known throughout every office in that company ? Or do you think they were sworn to secrecy ?
***I think the only swearing to secrecy would involve the industrial trade secrets. But even that points to Rossi’s Achilles Heel. He isn’t that good of a business man, and no doubt these first-adopter customers are going to be demanding and annoying. I doubt he knows how to handle such customers.