Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

From	D <nospam@example.net>
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Subject	Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?
Date	2024-12-16 19:45 +0100
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On Mon, 16 Dec 2024, John Ames wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:01:24 +0000
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> We were chased by a listed company wanting to make a story for the
>> stock market.
>
> Just make sure you aren't too attached to what you've built. My employer
> was acquired by one of those "97 MBAs and a dozen vulture capitalists"
> outfits when the founder wanted to retire, and ever since it's been a
> constant struggle for management on our end to stave off the attempts
> of a bunch of know-nothing suits to run us into the ground with full-on
> FYPM policies towards pricing, licensing, and customer service...

Sounds like the clowns who acquired SUSE linux. Absolute disaster. It is 
very strange that those types of people are earning the amount of money 
they do.

Surely it must only be about finding the greater fool, and nothing about 
actually creating value.

>> As my business partner's wife seemed determined to wreck the company,
>> we decided a sale would be the optimal strategy.
>
> ...but then, in your case it sounds like a lateral move at worst ;)
>
>

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Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-09 21:51 +0100
  Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-10 00:52 +0000
    Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-10 10:30 +0100
      Linux 6.12.4 (was: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?) vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-10 11:47 +0000
        Re: Linux 6.12.4 (was: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?) "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-12-11 01:02 -0500
  Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-10 16:11 +0000
    Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-10 21:19 +0100
      Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-12-12 03:42 -0500
        Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-12 10:52 +0100
          Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-12 11:19 +0000
            Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-12 16:14 +0100
              Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-12 20:44 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-12-12 23:29 -0500
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-13 11:02 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-13 21:24 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-12-13 23:17 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-13 23:56 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-14 12:20 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-14 18:56 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-14 20:01 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-14 23:27 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-15 02:18 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-15 11:44 +0100
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                Re: The Joy of *small* business The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-17 10:28 +0000
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                Re: The Joy of *small* business The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-18 10:01 +0000
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