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]]> http://socializedsoftware.com/2009/10/30/what-does-half-of-the-fortune-100-do-when-their-proprietary-software-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 Links 01/11/2009: OggCamp 2009 Coverage, Linux Graphics Survey Starts | Boycott Novell Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:54:19 +0000 http://socializedsoftware.com/?p=738#comment-1099 [...] What Does Half of the Fortune 100 do when their Proprietary Software Dies? Today I saw a note that once high flier KANA was being sold for $49 million in cash to a private equity firm. Not because they have any real assets but because they have a $400 million operating loss. The company is essentially a publicly traded shell that might be used to roll a profitable or growing company who wants to go public into. This has many advantages I suppose for the shareholders of the new company but what about the customers? [...] [...] What Does Half of the Fortune 100 do when their Proprietary Software Dies? Today I saw a note that once high flier KANA was being sold for $49 million in cash to a private equity firm. Not because they have any real assets but because they have a $400 million operating loss. The company is essentially a publicly traded shell that might be used to roll a profitable or growing company who wants to go public into. This has many advantages I suppose for the shareholders of the new company but what about the customers? [...]

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