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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (173400)	3/9/2003 10:16:33 PM
From: hueyone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Otellini making a ton more than Buffett. What's wrong with this picture? Far be it for me to sit here and try to tell you how much Otellini is worth, but as long as stock options are regarded as cost free, and it is not mandatory to expense stock options on the income statement, I suspect many companies will continue to fail to make the hard decisions regarding executive and employee compensation, which are a necessary and important factor in running a solid, profitable business. JMO, Huey

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (173400)	3/9/2003 11:53:42 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 186894

oops sorry I posted this to you and it should have gone to hueyone.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (173400)	3/10/2003 4:13:54 AM
From: tcmay	Respond to of 186894

"Otellini making a ton more than Buffett. What's wrong with this picture?" Yeah, and those guys like Larry Ellison who only take a dollar in salary some years. "Janitors at Oracle making more than Ellison. What's wrong with this picture?" It's hardly surprising that someone who owns 10% of Intel, as Gordon Moore does (approximately, modulo sales over the years), or who owns $34 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway, as Buffett does, don't really care what salary or piddling stock options (!) they get in a year. And they sure do understand that if they are to hire the best managers and scientists and accountants on the open market that they have to pay competitive salaries and offer stock options. Even if those options are nominally more than they themselves are granted. Figure it out. --Tim May