Sounds like he's worried that the Foreigners will demonstrate the same business ethics as such well-known American companies as Microsoft, Scientology, Enron, AT&T, Verisign, MCI (I think their US), PG&E, and suchlike.
A larger company wouldn't provide more money. It would, however, provide many more expenses and likely a fair bit of bureaucratic overhead.
I'm quite glad that iD avoided the all-too-common suicidal tendency to Go Public. Were iD on the stock market, they'd probably be a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft right about now. With no funds available for Linux dev. Or for Big Rockets, because the Board of Directors will inform Carmack that "You know, if you get blown up we lose our investment, so we will sue you preemptively to ensure you behave."... Assuming that they didn't go bankrupt with everyone else stupid enough to let the same people who bought stock in Albertan diamond mines determine their worth...)
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Sounds like he's worried that the Foreigners
will demonstrate the same business ethics as such
well-known American companies as Microsoft,
Scientology, Enron, AT&T, Verisign, MCI (I think
their US), PG&E, and suchlike.
So how'd this troll get modded up, anyhow?
A larger company wouldn't provide more money.
It would, however, provide many more expenses and
likely a fair bit of bureaucratic overhead.
I'm quite glad that iD avoided the all-too-common
suicidal tendency to Go Public. Were iD on the
stock market, they'd probably be a wholly owned
subsidiary of Microsoft right about now. With
no funds available for Linux dev. Or for Big
Rockets, because the Board of Directors will
inform Carmack that "You know, if you get blown
up we lose our investment, so we will sue you
preemptively to ensure you behave."... Assuming
that they didn't go bankrupt with everyone else
stupid enough to let the same people who bought
stock in Albertan diamond mines determine their
worth...)