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Date:      Fri, 31 Dec 1999 20:58:44 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Jesse Tilly <jtilly@gw.total-web.net>, Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>, Gorden Fischer <gfish123@pacbell.net>, chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: If FreeBSD goes public (Was: Will FreeBSD ever goes  public?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912312057550.1450-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991231132328.0187cc50@localhost>

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On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Brett Glass wrote:
>
>It's actually even worse than that. By LAW, a publicly traded company
>has one and only one legitimate goal: to make money for its stockholders.
>That's it. Period. If this goal can be better served via the production
>of lower quality software, or by shipping too quick, so be it; the
>directors and executives are liable if they don't do it.

Well, *i'm* convinced!  Stay private!  No question about it!
-=> jm <=-





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