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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (63349)3/16/2003 1:29:39 PM
From: hueyone  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 77400
 
Even long-time Oracle CFO Jeff Henley, in a rare moment of candor from Silicon Valley, admitted several months ago that Oracle has long accepted that options "bear an economic cost", and the company would consider expensing them voluntarily.

#reply-18153001

Regards, Huey



To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (63349)3/16/2003 2:12:06 PM
From: rkral  Respond to of 77400
 
OT ... re "Quite the contrary in fact, when we wanted people to work their asses off, but we had no money to pay them, we would issue options grants, in some cases knowing full well they would expire worthless because the stock was overvalued."

Holy smokes, Lizzie! Why would you admit to fraud?

Ron


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