Take a look at how many deals Vignette did last year. Not many!

Matt Liotta
President & CEO
Montara Software, Inc.
http://www.montarasoftware.com/
888-408-0900 x901

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On
> Behalf Of John Downs
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 4:21 PM
> To: Steve Drucker; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [cms-list] Divine?
> 
> Steve,
> 
> The company has $335M in cash and short-term investments and burns
$34M in
> cash per quarter.
> Consequently, the company has enough cash for 9.85 quarters or 2.46
years
> at current burn rate.
> They have been cleaning up their balance sheet over the last year with
> some major right offs. Who
> knows what will happen but it sure is interesting sitting on the
sideline
> and watch.
> 
> --- Steve Drucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Well, according to Yahoo (http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/v/vign.html),
> Vignette
> > may have around 270 mil in assets, but they've also got a solid burn
> rate
> > too...about 20 mil per quarter.  Ouch!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Steve Drucker
> > CEO
> > Fig Leaf Software
> > www.figleaf.com
> > 1-877-FIG-LEAF
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Nguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:49 PM
> > To: 'John Downs '
> > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: [cms-list] Divine?
> >
> > I don't think Interwoven has the money.  But Vignette has $300
millions
> in
> > the bank...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Downs
> > To: Todd Warfel; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; kwasetis; Steve Drucker;
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 2/17/2003 11:32 AM
> > Subject: Re: [cms-list] Divine?
> >
> > How about Vignette or Interwoven buying them for the customer base
and
> > maintenance contracts?
> >
> > --- Todd Warfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Maybe Oracle...
> > >
> > > On 2/15/03 4:03 PM, "John Downs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Could be. But the obvious buyers already have either bought
> > solutions or
> > > > developed their own such
> > > > as MS, IBM, Filenet and Documentum.  Maybe someone in the ERP
space
> > due to
> > > > divine's
> > > > interoperability. But most ERP say they do this anyway. Your
guess
> > is good as
> > > > mine. Should be
> > > > interesting to watch.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers John
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Todd R. Warfel
> > >
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> > >
> > > In theory, theory and practice are the same,
> > > but in practice, they're not -- anonymous
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > > more signal, less noise.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > John Downs
> > Strategic Clarity, Inc.
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> 
> 
> =====
> John Downs
> Strategic Clarity, Inc.
> 303-748-5851
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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