I am a long term Shiva pesimist, but the tone
of some recent posts has me concerned....
$6.00 is a GIFT.
Shiva's traditional Remote Access Product is ageing and
no longer competitive on the high end, too expensive on the low end.
The VPN market will only succede if stuff from all of the vendors interoperates. If it all interoperates the big guys win.
Cisco and Microsoft win End of story.
People complain that Zucco was optimistic 9 mo ago,
and now sells out. What do you expect? The moment his message
(public or private) is less than positive the game is over.
He played to win, he lost.
Buying a stock in the high technology is a risk.
The rewards are great, so are the losses, that is how the game is played. If you want to get 50% returns don't complain when
your favorite pick bites the dust once in a while.
I do not believe there is any deep conspiracy here, Zucco just lost.
He had hundreds of thousands of Shiva options, all at 8.5.
They are all worthless... if he could figure out a way to win
he would have.
If everyone who chooses badly runs to the lawyers to get well,
it won't be too long before you and I are not allowed to play the
game. The high risk/reward company's will not be traded to the public.
The venture capitalists only hit it big 1 time in 10, they loose
in 30 to 50% of their investments. It happens.
If anyone lost funds in Shiva that they could not afford to loose,
they have a gambling problem! It was a very high risk bet.
Paul |
