Subject Re: [Firebird-general] Some bucks left? Aquire developer products from Borland ...
Author Nando Dessena
Sean,

>> What could possibly inspire them to make the announcement before they
>> had a buyer for the developer products?

S> To support/boost the Borland share price.

very well done then. The price dropped from 6.25 to 5.73 yesterday.
The fact is that they also had to announce Q4 losses. Did they think
they'd better try to compensate announcements?

S> The prospect of Borland getting $$$ from the sale will encourage some
S> shareholders.

S> IMHO, this represents a typical short-term view from CEOs.

I agree with Ann. The typical behaviour of the market is quite the
opposite, from my experience.

Ciao
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Nando Dessena