Boy,I'm with Tracker.I knew nothing about this skirmish either.
Two responses,one relevant,and one way off in left field like my students have sometimes responded to my questions over the years in the classroom.
1-when I ran hunting dogs over the years. I always used Tri-Tronics Training collars,and up dated them every two to three years.
They totally stood behind their product.Starting,probably in the early nineties a rash of new up starts entered the field.Cost wise,cheaper,less research needed to be done to produce the product,quality wise I don't know.If something works I don't fix it.If I remember correctly.Rather small company but high standards and it was family owned.
Somewhere along the line Garmin bought them.How the collars fare today I don't know.No hunting dogs anymore.
2-Totally unrelated.As I mentioned on the forum a few weeks ago,my wife and I were going to go down south for a vacation.Except for Fort Hood,which I considered south west,I have never been in the south.Unexpectedly we both fell in love with Alabama.First of all the climate.Because of a huge snowstorm we were stranded 3 to 4 days before we could even get out of our home in North Eastern Wisconsin.And the people.Seemed to be no rush in conversations,and of course the seafood!I was also surprised in some of the land forms I thought were very appealing.More hills and lush green trees than I expected.And finally as Forrest Gump says,"That's all I have to say about that."