On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 03:20:15PM -0700, Mark Norton wrote: > I do actually Bill. I own half of a privately held software company and > know all the issues.
why did you say that Sean is getting $20M? surely he is not the only shareholder. there are developers who work for Slim Devices. there are investors. you're exaggerating to make your point or missing the boat altogether. it's not like Sean is lighting cigars with $100 bills while the underage children of the open source sweat shops of the world churn out code for their new evil Swiss masters. - the shareholders are getting a return on their investment - the community still have a resource that can't be taken away - whatever logitech does: it can't imapct the product sitting in my house` - slimdevices is getting economies of scale in production, marketing, and retail lines that would otherwise take many years to build. so like i said you don't understand the open source development model, don't understand what value M&A can add to niche companies (e.g. flickr acquired by yahoo), or are just being intentionally obtuse to prove whatever point it is you're trying to make. whatever it may be: shouldn't you be adding value to your 50% equity instead of working for free (something you claim never to do) lecturing this community with your vast wisdom and business knowledge. over & out, -- bill _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
