A couple of hundred million dollars buys lots of perfume. :-) I'm not disputing whether the result of a merger was good or bad.
Tom C. >From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Don't want to sound too alarmist but... >Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 18:12:09 -0400 > >That still doesn't dissipate the whiff of failure that clings to them. > >Tom C wrote: > > Except for those executives walked away with multi-million dollar >severance > > packages and stock otions. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Don't want to sound too alarmist but... > >> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 16:28:21 -0400 > >> > >> I believe that Norm is being sarcastic, since Time/AOL and HP/Compaq > >> both lead to the executives who brought them about losing their > >> positions. Something that indicates something less than rousing >success. > >> > >> Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > >> > >>> Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Are you suggesting that the mergers like Time/AOL, HP/Compaq, > >>>> Daimler/Chrysler, etc. were not smashing successes? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Daimler-Chryslera smashing success? You haven't just returned from a > >>> looong holiday at a Russian prison camp or a year-long coma, by any > >>> chance? > >>> > >>> Ralf > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a >dog. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > > > > > >-- >All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

