Hello Jason, I don't see any disguise at all. The only reason there is a "community" of CCR divers is because somebody bothered to design, perfect and bring to market a unit that could be actually purchased by us future community members. Like it or not, the profit motive is the single biggest factor in increasing the quality of our modern lives. Along with those big wig, money grubbing Rebreather manufacurers, let us not forget the evil US military, who have also contributed to the existance of our little cyber community.
You can't really believe that someone is going to spend years of their life to design a CCR and not want to get compensated for it, can you? The two manufacturers I know personally make no more than a modest living off of their efforts. Some designers actually make a living just so they can develop their Rebreather projects. If anybody gets rich off of designing, perfecting and marketting a CCR they will only do so if they sell a whole lot of units. I doubt even Martin Parker is a certified rich guy. And if somebody strikes it rich, it will be because they sell 10's of thousands of units and not just to 200 members of our small community.-Andy