At a certain point, items are going to need to fulfill more than one use, and the only people who seem to have done this well did it by putting the VFG and bipod together. While it might not be loved by everyone, it works, and most products no matter how good they are have detractors.
I would agree that the combination VFG/bipod concept has considerable merit, even if I would prefer a next-generation solution that was/is a bit more elegant than what we've seen on that front to date.

If what I'm hearing is true, there may be some people less than impressed with some developments from a certain company.
I realize this is largely a wait-and-see situation, but an admittedly uneducated guess might lead one to speculate that a "certain company" may not be on schedule for an early 2009 commericial release of a rifle not so very much unlike the ACR, for example.

Looking forward to the early reports from the show.

Chief