On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:15:52 -0500, McKown, John wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> On Behalf Of Tom Schmidt... ><snip> >> I'm waiting for the first license agreement that simply >> demands a seat on >> the company's board of directors and stock options for the vendor. We >> can't be all that far away from that, can we? >> > >Well, if they are on the board, won't they be SOX candidates? Not likely >that a vendor would want that. Stock options may not be all that >attractive, depending on the licensee's stock price and history.
SOX is a US-only issue and may not even be that after last week's CEO acquittal. Certain software companies have been accused of manipulating their own stock for fun & profit... imagine if they could extend that value- added service through their customer base. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
