[count-your-change]

I believe it was clear some time ago that the only relationship Rossi had with NI was that they would provide advice on the use of their products, basically the kind of thing any company might do for a customer should Rossi ever be a customer.

The kind of instruments Rossi needs are not uncommon and besides he needs to have something to test. So far Big Blue is the only thing that has been offered as a finished product and it sets awaiting a quiet disposal.

[Johnny B.]

I believe it was clear some time ago that the only relationship Rossi had with NI was that they would provide advice on the use of their products, basically the kind of thing any company might do for a customer should Rossi ever be a customer.

That's a reasonable interpretation of NI's press release, but that's not what Rossi has been claiming.

Rossi has stated repeatedly in in depth that he was "working closely" with NI to design the controller for his E-Cat. He boasted about how much their engineering resources have helped in making the E-Cat production-ready.

In other words, Rossi was lying.