Date: 05 Jun 2001 01:00:45 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The desktop apathy? I think not. Message-ID: <xzpofs3c0ki.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010601093824.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <XFMail.010601093824.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > On the contrary, you don't buy the part of the company that is losing money. > You buy the part that is making money. Your presumptions are rather wrong, > but that's all I'll say. It's not necessarily as b&w as you describe. There are many reasons why a company (or a division) makes money (or doesn't); what works in one company or in one market doesn't necessarily work in another. A division that fails to turn a profit in the context of one company may still become a valuable asset to another company, and selling it off may be a good way for the first company to unload some ballast. (not that I'm saying that this is what's happening here - just that the world is not all black and white) DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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