Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 28, 2003 10:08 PM
Investors are per definition interested in profit.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>..and ususally very little else.
The "New SCO" is the very type of thing investors love: A company with no products, little staff, nothing that require long-term investments to pay off.
You'd think this extremly short-sighted view would've died with the dot-coms.. but apparently it's still alive and well. The craze for "IP", software patents and all show this. To the investors, IP is the perfect commodity. It doesn't need expensive factories or long-term R&D. Just lots of lawyers to reap in the license fees.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 28, 2003 10:08 PMThe "New SCO" is the very type of thing investors love: A company with no products, little staff, nothing that require long-term investments to pay off.
You'd think this extremly short-sighted view would've died with the dot-coms.. but apparently it's still alive and well. The craze for "IP", software patents and all show this. To the investors, IP is the perfect commodity. It doesn't need expensive factories or long-term R&D. Just lots of lawyers to reap in the license fees.
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