Re: ESRI was Re: Wall Street may see MS deals as bad news

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Brett Glass on 11/7/98 9:52 AM ---

>Call me pessimistic. But ever since a meeting with Microsoft exec Brad Chase 
>in 1989 (yes, it was evident that long ago!), I've maintained what I call 
>"Glass's postulate concerning Microsoft partners." It goes as follows.
>
>There are three kinds of Microsoft partners: 
>
>1. Those that have been run out of business or betrayed by Microsoft;
>
>2  Those that have been acquired by Microsoft for too little money; and
>
>3. Those to which neither of these things has happened... yet.

Okay, you're pessimistic! (From one pessimist to another.)

Honestly, theorem (3) is the catch-all. It's like saying, "the world will 
come to an end -- some day." Eventually, you'll be right.

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net