> Throw enough money at 'em and they lose their original ideals, eh Steve? >
We all have a price. I like to think my price is so high that I can hold true to my own values. I have had a few offers to "buy my company", but nobody has ever been able to really get my attention to the point where I was willing to part with ownership of the technologies I develped. My biggest concern? an acquiring company taking good care of the clients who have gottem me to where I am. If I sell all interest and ownership of my technologies, and the new owner(s) abandon the need of the older clients, I would be essentially powerless to help them out. These folks have become friends over the years, and they deserve better treatment than that. That said, if some person came along with say, $15 million USD, I just may become enticed enough to let them take the reins and not worry about it. The reality is nobody would so insane as to offer me anywhere near that amount for my company. If someone were that insane, I would be just as crazy were I to not accept the money, making this a game of The Greater Fool where it would not be I. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MB Software Solutions > General Account > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Will MySQL Keep Lighting up LAMP? > > > Stephen Russell wrote: > > The guys and gals who made it created a company and sold the training > > an use > > rights for the little sucker that could. > > > > Over time they said "Dude" you wanna get rich? > > > > So it was Open Source but never Free as in Lager. > > > > > Throw enough money at 'em and they lose their original ideals, eh Steve? > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
