The recent responses to possible issues with the GTA02v5 is a perfect illustration of why many companies will not open their process. As Mikko and others have pointed out, THERE ARE NO PERFECT PRODUCTS. With a closed company, YOU simply don't know about "known" defects, future improvements, etc. So you happily buy their current products and they happily go on making the trade-off between the risk of negative publicity caused by discovery of their flaws and the profits they are making by keeping you ignorant of problems they don't want to fix.<br>
<br>If you want to hear the truth, you must be prepared for the fact that you might not like some of the things you hear. OM is doing a WONDERFUL job of keeping all of us informed and disclosing details that scare most other companies. The trade-off they are making is between the improvements that they want to make (a never-ending list) and the demand from the market (that's us) to get a useful product in our hands. The product currently under production is clearly useful--with or without LED current issues--and OM has decided that it's ready to go to market. We should all support their decision rather than complaining about small defects, known or yet-to-be-discovered. The product will always be improving. I'm ready to start using it NOW.<br>
<br>As an example from another area, consider the books on your bookshelf. With each printing minor corrections are made. Does that mean you should not buy a "first edition, first printing" copy? How long should you wait? When will it be "perfect"?<br>
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