Loliplol wrote: ↑I really don't want to fight, I was trying to have a normal discussion here.
Okay, let's start over. What exactly are you hoping to find here? The OP was sort of a mishmash of topics.
If it is information about switches: please ask specific questions, and use the "search" feature to try to answer your own questions. Your comments earlier on about "pimpmykeyboard.com" demonstrated a fundamental lack of understanding of the forum's search feature.
A search for "pimpmykeyboard.com" turn sup countless articles about Signature Plastics and our interaction with them over the years. tl;dr: They are a custom plastics company located in in the US (Washington state) and just about the only suppliers of spherical key caps these days. There are other manufacturers out there. You probably want to deal directly with a Taiwanese company like Tai-Hao if you are going to be shipping in any volume.
My experience is that gamers prefer linear switches with a relatively low distance to actuation because this allows them to mash keys repeatedly easily. They are typically not touch typing when playing a game. Some have heavier hands and different styles and may prefer a lighter or heavier switch.
As a hardware supplier you'll need to strike a balance between cost and quality. It seems like Gateron switches could be a good fit for product.
If you are an employer and looking to hire for a paid position - can you please post a formal job description somewhere, perhaps in a new thread? Other folks can decide whether or not that's a good idea but at least this is a starting point.
You mentioned a company. What company is this? What is the name of the company? Do you have a Web site? You didn't offer one in the OP which I think makes some folks suspicious.
Again, I think you scared some folks with intellectual property issues. We've got a challenging history with these issues on this forum. In part, many of us are in different countries around the world with very different intellectual property laws. There was a long thread (search for it) about the IP implications of releasing a clone of Soarer's Converter. For everyone's sake, it is easier if you assume that anything on this forum is public domain and/or under some open source license. More generally, patents are protectionist and demonstrate closure, not openness. Why do you feel the need to patent your ideas?
I understand how all of this can be confusing to a newcomer. You'll scare a lot of folks off if you make them think that you're trying to take advantage of the forums for free help.
