Hm, having thought a little bit more about where I agree/disagree with your position: I think the bothersome thing is the lack of...power? input? consultation? on the shareholders' side, when the deal is being modified. If it's a business deal, then each side should stick to its commitments and not change the rules. If it's a team effort, then all the stakeholders should have some sort of way to affect decisions that affect the enterprise (even if that's as little as "I warn you what's going on, ask for your thoughts, and make a unilateral decision" -- though it'd be nice to know in advance what the mechanism was). You're looking at it as a team effort, and I think that's great (and admit I am not as good about that as I should be) -- but the initial announcement didn't feel like we were being treated as a team, and I suspect that was part of what got to people, and why they/we didn't share your perspective.
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Date: 2009-09-29 08:37 pm (UTC)