John...
I can answer that question. A week or so a go you replied to a thread I started asking SB owners to give their opinion comparing ShopBot to other brands they had experience for. That information was intended to assist ShopBot going into the future.
When asked: "How Do You Feel ShopBot Compares to Machines You See Advertised Today in it's Price Class?"
You replied: "There is no "not applicable" or "no experience" answer here so I had to abort your survey."
That was exactly the point, to remove the "unqualified opinions from those that admitted not having experience with other brands."
I would propose that your question to Brady would not have been asked if you had experience seeing how many of the others are built, how stable the control systems are, and how they run in comparison to yours.
All brands go thru cycles of ups and downs when compared to their competitors, SB has obviously been in a down cycle for quite a while now.