To DannyD: Thanks again for a splendid series of postings this weekend; they help to dispel a fog of thinking voiced so often on this board about management, shareholder activism, and the rational basis for holding or selling IDCC.
There is no question in my own mind about the critical role of management in determining the ultimate success or failure of IDCC. There are plenty of companies with "good" technologies that never became viable businesses. The 2G technology of IDCC, for most of its history, could hardly be considered sufficient to assure success of the company. Whether IDCC will make a success of its many IP developments depends on the tenacity, cleverness, foresight, persuasiveness, salesmanship, leadership, hiring and firing judgments, negotiating and contracting skills, honesty and trustworthiness, as well as the respect Management commands from its industry peers and investors. The hostile and unfavorable business conditions under which management has had to operate in recent years, and the limited success they have demonstrated to date, warrants some recognition and appreciation of their credibility.
You are quite right that Management has recently put their credibility on the line "bigtime". It will not be long, in my opinion, before the truth about IDCC will be known. Carpenter has determined that the Nokia/Samsung accruals will show up in the second half of this year. A better assessment of IDCC Management is now on the line, more than in any other of the many years in which I have been invested. The discussions about Options will be of little, if any, consequence compared to the assessment of Management to be made this year.
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