Further; I believe Hoofa was refering to BigDotDog being a...

Further; I believe Hoofa was refering to BigDotDog being a goose, not the former CEO.

No one stated (or even implied) that BigDotDog is the former CEO if that's what you thought was implied? I highly doubt that that would be the case.

I implied that BigDotDog could in some way associated with or sympathise with a certain company due to his comment on the aforementioned news article. I gave a hint as to who I thought the owner of this company was, but in no way, shape or form did I imply that BigDotDog could run a company.

His gloating about a contract in a previous (now censored) post wreaked of affiliation with a competitor too.

I do apologise for one thing; giving him way too much attention.

Can we discuss something useful now?

e.g. Do we think we're going to see anything regarding those "three global brand leaders", or are those negotiations as good as dead? I'm leaning towards dead because it's been a while longer than promised... but you never know right?