If the O.E. is not longer interested in the product, why MUST it die? Why can't it's production be offered to the aftermarket some way or the other?
Unfortunately this rarely works because even though the OE doesn't want to make it any longer they will want a hefty royalty if someone else wants to make it. It doesn't just get released into the public domain.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.
