Now that things are starting to settle down, and this whole event has called into question which direction BOCX is heading, I'm curious if revisting some of Lebed's emails sheds any light.
In particular, Lebed sent out an email with virtually the exact text that appeared in the press release, before it was released. This tells me that regardless of his morals or place in society, at that time, he was "in the know".
The thing that I'm now pondering is a post that came out at that time. The sentence reads:
"Abbot Labs (NYSE: ABT) has been begging BOCX to get exclusive rights to their technology but BOCX only gave them semi-exclusive rights. "
Given that Lebed was "in the know" at that time, odds are good that this is at least a semi-accurate statement. At first glance this seems to be a good thing, but does anyone here think that could backfire on BOCX? If BOCX doesn't give Abbot an exclusive, could they (Abbot) just say "screw it, we're going to bury you" and then return the license.
Thoughts?
