Hi All,
Jim sent me an e-mail asking that I comment on his post. I don’t follow the board anymore .. just the stock price. I couldn’t be happier for all of you. It’s ALL good and IMO its time for everyone on this board to follow the advice of the immortal Walter Hagen, “Don 't hurry. Don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So don't forget to stop and smell the roses.”
I was recently reading about some of the golf greats and this excerpt about Hagen reminded me of IDCC, the master of the “recovery shot” in wireless and a leader in embarrassing wireless manufacturers into elevating non-manufacturing IP companies from “patent trolls” to the status their ingenuity deserves (see below):
As a player, his form was either superb or terrible. Luckily, he was a master of the recovery shot. Bobby Jones, after losing a 72-hole "World Championship" match to Walter Hagen: "When a man misses his drive, and then misses his second shot, and then wins the hole with a birdie, it gets my goat."
Despite these idiosyncrasies, there was a serious side to Hagen. Back then professionals were considered to be on the bottom rung of the golf pecking order, especially in Britain. They were not allowed to enjoy the facilities of the clubhouse and indeed were sometimes prohibited from entering it through the front door. However golf just mirrored a much wider division of men in society based on class and ancestry. As an American, Hagen had no time for this nonsense. After all, how can it be proper that those who are masters of their craft are considered second rate?
Once to highlight the stupidity of the situation, Hagen hired a Rolls Royce and footman and set himself up outside the clubhouse entrance. He used the Rolls Royce as a changing room given that he was prohibited from entering the clubhouse. On another occasion, he refused to enter a clubhouse to accept his prize because he was refused entry earlier in the day. No one did more to embarrass the golf establishment into elevating professionals to the status which their talents deserve.
ENJOY!
Danny
