Re: Yet Another Arnold Article

Dennis Landi wrote:

> I don't recall the Borland CEO openly talking about entertaining
> offers to sell the tools division during Dale's tenure.

Yes, absolutely. Dale ALWAYS was open to any offers to make Borland
money. He said so many times at various BorCons.

It's the PRIMARY JOB of the CEO of a publicly held company to be open
to opportunities that make the company more money.

IMO, people here are getting over excited about the restatement of a
basic business principle.

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