BSD and HP9K700 standalones . . . ?

[Richard Gaskin]

stephen barncard wrote:
> The REV of today is a lot more complex than previous years. Also it's
> important to note in this comparison the fact that Metacard went out of
> business.

While it's technically correct that MetaCard Corp. is no longer in 
business, to avoid newcomers misinterpreting the above this is a case 
where details matter:

MetaCard Corp. is no longer in business because Dr. Raney successfully 
executed its exit strategy.

Most businesses are launched with an exit strategy in mind, and for many 
small software companies that exit strategy is the sale of the company's 
assets to another firm after having built them up to an appreciable value.

With the sale of the MetaCard engine to RunRev Ltd. in 2003, that's 
exactly what Dr. Raney did.

In fact, it may be worth noting that in the whole of xTalk history I 
know of no one else who has retired as well from the proceeds of their 
engine.

Last time I corrresponded with Dr. Raney he was taking a brief break 
from sailing around the Caribbean Sea to return to the States to manage 
some assets here which his corporation had acquired for him.

It would be ungentlemanly to discuss the nature of those assets, but 
suffice to say his leisure time speaks for itself.

So while it's true that MetaCard Corp. "went out of business", may we 
all go out of business as well as he did. :)

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  Richard Gaskin
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