Hugh, it was all a bit of fun, aimed at the mis-spelling by First Light Optics of SLYwatcher vs Skywatcher - look carefully at the link title:
firstlightoptics.com/user/
slywatcher_eq8_manual.pdf
(original link, which parses here:
http://www.firstlightoptics.com/user...eq8_manual.pdf)
IT was nothing derogatory about the mount at all.
IT certainly is an innovative mount in many ways, and I hope it really will force Paramount, Losmandy etc to pull their prices down somewhat.
I'd personally love to get an EQ8, but I cannot justify a $4K expenditure, unless Mr.Gold Lotto shines on me.