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To: Robert Sheldon who wrote (1942)	2/9/2000 3:35:00 PM
From: Guy Gordon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10713

RE So you are relying on other peoples writing/articles (journalists generally know less than most - they just regurgitate a whole lot of what they have been told)? To make such bold statements I would have thought you may have checked it out personally. Just what is your problem with my statement that nobody has a commercially available blue semiconductor laser? If you think one exists, go ahead and post a URL, an article, a rumor, anything. The longest-lived blue laser I've heard of was made in Nachia's lab. It lasted 35 hours, which is quite an achievement. To make a commercial laser they need about 10,000 hours lifetime, and it has to be manufacturable in quantity. Yes, yes. I plead guilty to believing what I read in EE Times and Science Magazine. Shame on me. Of course you're right. I should have hopped on a plane and flew to Japan to "check it out personally". I'll do that tomorrow. Right after I learn Japanese tonight. In the meanwhile, feel free to disregard everything I write on this board. If you want to believe that CREE (or someone else) has a commercial blue laser, but is hiding it from the press -- feel free to invest on that premiss.