>It reminds me a bit of the "gettin' around patents" phase of earlier
>firearms history, except that there was no earthly reason to do any of
>it that way by that point in time. :)
>....yes! This. Exactly that.
After finishing watching this, I had another thought: thank goodness 3d printing wasn't available to the guy, because the 'rapid prototyping' that we have nowadays would make for an even bigger mess with this, given the history of the company's pivot.