If the notion of R&D funding proportionality
affords you solace, then I won't disabuse you of
that pleasant fiction, only to remind you the
marketplace is assiduously indifferent to such
niceties. In that pitiless arena only those
products that are the best amalgam of performance,
features and price will succeed. Should LeCroy's
line up not be among those, then all the
exposition of proportionality will fall on
justifiably deaf ears.

As a point of clarification, I didn't say
Agilent spent $155M solely on oscilloscopes
research. That's you reaching.

Finally, it's pleasing to see you can indeed
be shamed into thread posting. Welcome aboard.
Now if we can just get you to ratchet back
your bombast and invectives, you just might
become a worthwhile contributor. So how about
it, ready for your next challenge? If so, then
we'll work on your pedestrian word play. Sounds
intriguing?