Programming Languages (was Re: [rescue] Solaris on a PPC)

Sheldon T. Hall shel at cmhcsys.com
Fri Feb 7 14:50:27 CST 2003


"Joshua D. Boyd" <jdboyd at celestrion.net> writes

> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 07:35:03PM -0500, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
>
> > I hadn't kept up with it, but I know Philip Greenspun was involved.  In
> > fact, I thought he was the boss, so I'm a bit surprised that there were
> > suits to do any deciding at all.  Greenspun doesn't seem like a
particularly
> > suit-friendly kind of guy....
>
> He got forced out by investors brought in on the theory that $20mill of
> revenue wasn't enough, we need to grow larger faster.

Well, "whoever pays the piper calls the tune," and all that, but it seems
like forcing out the founder, piper, and big-name frontman isn't exactly the
way to making a good ROI.  Most VCs are smarter than that, but not all of
'em.

-Shel


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