Not an answer, but nrp commented previously ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32181892 ) that the tooling costs for a pointing stick would be in the region of half a million dollars. My gut feeling is that you could recoup that, but it might not be the most effective way for them to spend that capital right now.
If nothing else, I'd like to see a crowdfunding campaign for it so I can put my money where my mouth is ;-).
Very helpful, thank you. Looks like some of that cost is to redo something that was already done. If turns out that doesn't make sense right now, then maybe there's another opportunity if they later have to redo tooling anyway for other reasons.
If nothing else, I'd like to see a crowdfunding campaign for it so I can put my money where my mouth is ;-).