On May 10 Gerry & Dep were heard saying: <snip>
->full results. However, the essential part I think you missed was that ->they had a LOSS of $0.23/share or $0.28/share..I forget which. -> ->What it means is that they spent more than they made ie. had a negative ->profit (a loss) and when the loss was divided by the number of shares that ->have been issued it gave the above result. In other words, Caldera and the -------- ->>it involves selling your product for more than it cost you. if you ->>fall short in this area consistently, you are either a failure or a ->>charity. <snip> ->>you don't see what they spent. what you do see, though, is that they ->>underestimated the amount of business they were going to do -- ->>guessed incorrectly as to their market. this is bad, because it ->>suggests that they do not know what they are doing. they explain it *** Thanks Gerry & Dep for the crash course! I got the context wrong by not understanding what the share value drop really ment. Cheers, Zoran. -- If you find me, please return me to my $HOME: my address is 'cd'. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
