MRT did not rip off a genuine product, they made their own product compatible with another product. That's like saying the universal remotes for TVs, DVDs, etc. are rip-offs of the original - they're not. They are original products in their own right made to work with another product. If MRTs were rip-offs, AMB would have sued MRT long since under design copyright Laws inside the UK and EU and had their sales stopped. If you knew Peter Boerverts you would know that leaving someone alone in those circumstances isn't his most likely move!
The situation is what it is. As the people and clubs who own the lap-counting systems decide what they want to do, we will all know what we have to do. This is the market at work and you have two options, don't use a PT or suck it up.
It is tempting to take up the exchange offer at £42 and then know that everything will work whatever people do about the RC4, but it is also tempting to wait and see how MRT intend to deal with this situation.
I am lucky, I can afford to change my MRT for a Purcy, and if I didn't buy one new motor or pack of cells next season, that's the cost covered. I appreciate that is not the case for everyone. Nonetheless, behaving as if we are all victims of some clever or dastardly marketing trick isn't very clever - we just have to decide what we are going to do because we cannot change this situation however hard we try.
Ho hum, on with the racing...
