And rightly so. It makes one wonder if this is to get one up on Dave Smith before he can reissue the same instrument. Dave beat B to the punch in reissuing the Prophet 5/10.
What would we all say here, and what would be the general Internet response, if Dave Smith reissued the Oberheim OB-1 using the same appearance, design, and name, and with no credit offered to Tom? Most everyone would be outraged over the injustice, even if it were all legal. But we've come to expect so much from the other guy. It's the new low in the synthesizer industry.
I must admit that, a while ago, I grew somewhat indifferent to some of this, and was at least toying with the idea of buying a B ARP 2600. It's long been the instrument I've most admired but could never afford. But then I re-read the accounts of his highness' business practices, especially as they concerned DSI/Sequential, and that was that. No B for me.