Tsk,tsk. You know better than that. Rik is not talking about Frank. Frank's got waaaay too much invested at this point. He's not stepping away, just down. All IMHO of course(with good evidence). And about Frank doing nothing. Don Haderle had a substantial relationship with Ants. Do you really think Frank could get away with stating Don's opinion of the AAA in his CEO corner if it wasn't true. Given the history, somebody at IBM knows every move this company makes. And what did Joe say in his blogs that wasn't true? Not what didn't turn out to be true because of unexpected obstacles. That's different. Getting back to your theory that Frank largely ignored financial and legal obligations, you're saying that he first engaged that law firm, then fired them, and then Rik re-hired???? Isn't it much more likely that Rik's talking about the firm Frank hired?