There was an awful lot of "deals with partners to sell it at cost" in there. If I was Arrington's partner looking to recoup my investment on my part of the project, that might not sit well with me, particularly if I had no say in the matter.

For Mike, it was an ego thing. He promised the crunchpad for less than the price of just the screen when this all began. Perhaps FG didn't want to cash that particular ego cheque.