"Activist Investor" ?
Isn't that a polite word for "Hedge Fund" ?
Mellanox says it ships enough ports not to need Starboard
The spat over activist investor Starboard Value's plan to have Mellanox sell itself or do something else to enhance its value has resumed. Hostility between the two companies dates back to November 2017, when Starboard criticised Mellanox for refusing advances from Marvell Semiconductor. Starboard held 10.7 per cent of …
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Tuesday 13th March 2018 13:21 GMT Isn't it obvious?
Re: "Activist Investor" ?
I think this is more on-point. (Any better suggestions I have probably would fail a language filter.)
Could El Reg perhaps stop regurgitating this kind of mealy-mouthed self-justifying euphemism? AFAICT there is no such actual thing as an "activist investor." Nobody rich enough to buy a sizable percentage of ${evil megacorp} is going to spend their fortune trying to make it behave like an ethical, responsible entity.
People/companies who try to hide behind the "activist investor" label are, to a one, unpleasant selfish greedy asswipes who want money _now_ regardless of how much damage it does to their targets as going concerns.
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
