"Up sh*t creek without a paddle" ring any bells here?

This guy made his fisrt (and critical) mistake when he divulged his thoughts to his employer. Even though the solution was not there yet, the "idea" of the whole concept was. Granted, the solution probably is a key part, but I'm sure DSC could figure that out on themselves if they get the rest of the details, which they should in this case.

I agree with the statement above that the guy was probably trying to "double-dip"; keeping his current salary and earning a double income from the profits of his idea on the side. Greed .... isn't it beautiful?

I also agree that he should have quit DSC, and then magically conceived the solution, without breathing a word about the idea to anyone at DSC.

However, from what I can see about the history of this, the individual with the idea seems to incredibly stubborn (I can't blame him, I'd be stubborn too if I made a big mistake with a 15 year-old idea like he did.) I would say that any chance of this idea actually coming to life from this is next to zero.

Someone should come up with another method to do this, and then release the source under the GNU GPL.