Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:23:38 01/16/00
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On January 16, 2000 at 01:57:47, James B. Shearer wrote: >On January 15, 2000 at 00:40:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 14, 2000 at 21:58:40, James B. Shearer wrote: >> >>>On January 14, 2000 at 00:38:58, Peter W. Gillgasch wrote: >>> >>> <snip> >>>> >>>>The guys - and especially FHH - have been absolutely stoic about it. FHH >>>>didn´t even have an angry face... Murray looked a bit helpless :) I have >>>>a hard time to believe that this guy can lose his temper at all !!! >>> >>> Watching IBM's money go down the drain is not the same thing as >>>watching your personal money go down the drain. >>> James B. Shearer >> >> >>I don't think IBM's money went down the drain. They spent less than what it >>cost to produce/air 5 superbowl commercials. They got oh-so-much-more from >>that expenditure than the commercials would have provided. >> >>And no money of Hsu's has gone down the drain yet, except for what it cost >>him to negotiate with IBM for the rights, if that is what you are talking about. >>No idea what that dollar value was, here... But he just doesn't seem like the >>combative type... > > This was in reference to the loss in Hong Kong which may have made >IBM a little nervous about its investment. Sure it worked out fine in the end >but I suspect there were some bad moments along the way. > As for Hsu's money, he claimed in his open letter to have "spent a >small personal fortune to get the right to the chess chip". This money seems to >have gone down the drain. > James B. Shearer I've known Hsu a long time. "Flight of the Phoenix" comes to mind. :) Bob
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