Replies to post #11884 on Rambus (RMBS)

[walleye]

admitted felons dont get much slack from rmbs shareholders.
and that seems pretty reasonable.

rmbs management has been at the tip of my spear for a long time and even more so after the recent events.

fact are, rmbs shareholders have been screwed by both sides.

some of team rmbs is gone. if they committed crimes looks like
they will get charged for those deads.

but the amigos are the most obvious target for shareholder
concern as of today for rmbs to go forward.

[treowth]

Say it ain't so!

<if RMBS management and BOD treats and reacts the same to the MMs as it does to its shareholders, blame can be attached equally>

Hey, I thought I told you to stop complaining and go buy Coke?
-HH, RMBS CEO

[Threejack]

re: Doing busines with RMBS appears to be extremely onesided.


Hey montana2,

No question Rambus got off on the wrong foot with the MMs at the start, but it takes two to tango. Apparently, having the support of Intel, Rambus management was arrogant and contributed its share of animus to the relationship, but only its share.

The record shows the MMs did not want Rambus to succeed from the gitgo; hardly Rambus's fault. So, absent either compromising its business plan or standing by watching its IP used without recompense, litigation was inevitable. Whether or not the litigation needed to be so protracted is debatable.

Must Rambus surrender its right to fair royalties for use of its IP in order to do business with a handful of recalcitrant customers? Fact is, other customers are paying Rambus royalties for its IP, products and services, so doing business with Rambus cannot be described as one-sided. That the litigant MMs decided to infringe instead, and continue to do so by design, is a much better example of one-sided business conduct. Misconduct is a better description.

Two questions: if we could go back in time, knowing what we know today, how might Rambus have handled the litigant MMs differently at the beginning? And, knowing what we know today, how should Rambus handle the litigant MMs to end the litigations?

As to Rambus's relations with its shareholders, must agree with your sentiment. To borrow a word from Mr. Murphy in the previous post, pathetic. Regrettably, neither Mr. Kennedy nor Mr. Hughes seems to care much.

Just my opinion.

Threejack