You can't buy the technology, or the products by buying a stock. You get the whole package, the management, the board, the financial results... the company.
Glenn lied for a couple of years to get us to qualification and then got canned when he tried to go out and find a better deal.
It was probably illegal, but we couldn't fight it with a $2M cap on legal costs. The EC lawyers spent all they could and got us a marginal victory to justify themselves (they weren't in the room, but the discussions happened because of them).