We can all convince ourselves of whatever we want but that does not make it true or even well informed. Linda knows who the solid long term longs are. Best wishes.
Disagree. The reality is that they have to either get the authorized share count increased or else they probably have no choice but to do the RS as they specifically stated. A large majority of shares are held by those who understand this and prefer not to knee-cap themselves.
With the last authorization there were a large number of whining longs on the MB but in the event the vote was not even near to being at all close IIRC.