Wow, that was like reading a book! It's like in the movies, where you have that loser character who harrases the lead. Happy Gilmore comes to mind. :-) This guy sounds like he is just a lot of hot air. Eventually it will catch up with him.
The point he made, that by co-operating they act as a big studio, without the negatives. If they merge, they would start to get "bigness" problems. It's probably better they just stay seperate and continue doing what they are doing, as it is working well. It seems to me, it's a really bad idea to give the lump sum up front anyway. Most people and companies tend to be crap at managing large amounts of money. It would be better in my opinion to give the money along with the milestones.</
Home PC??? *wonders what your workstation in the office is like*
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