If both statements are true, then why would DEFCON order them to stop work? Unless I misunderstood their statement, Entropic claims they were willing to be paid only what was agreed to up-front, and not for any over-budget work they'd been doing.
This doesn't really add up to me. Ultimately we'll never know for sure. Personally I'm inclined to believe Entropic more on this one (though I'm sure neither party is blame-free, regardless of where the bulk of fault lies), but I can see why you'd be more inclined to trust DEFCON's response.
(I just don't consider "DEFCON made a falsifiable claim and Entropic didn't" to be strong evidence either way.)
People keep talking about this "stop work" thing. DEF CON fired their contractor. That's all that means. There's no particular ceremony to "stop work".
This doesn't really add up to me. Ultimately we'll never know for sure. Personally I'm inclined to believe Entropic more on this one (though I'm sure neither party is blame-free, regardless of where the bulk of fault lies), but I can see why you'd be more inclined to trust DEFCON's response.
(I just don't consider "DEFCON made a falsifiable claim and Entropic didn't" to be strong evidence either way.)