Posts by grep-v

Dear Samsung mobe owners: It may leak your private pics to randoms

Re: Or you're worried about the bill?

The last time I sent an MMS it was 10 years ago and I don't think it reached its recipient.

HMRC told AGAIN to toughen up on VAT-dodging online traders

Re: Amazon, eBay and the rest

If the seller isn't VAT registered, you didn't pay VAT to him so there is nothing to claim really. You didn't lose anything.

Many small eBay sellers are bellow the VAT threshold for compulsory registration.

Tintri terminates 200 staff, cash set to run dry in a couple of days

Re: Soo...

Watching that. See you in a year.

I am not a financial specialist but I noticed that more and more IT start-ups are created with a short term view of IPO then acquisition. They have no sustainable plan beyond that.

Early investors and Cs cash out on IPO then on acquisition if any. If the IPO is not followed by a quick acquisition within 12 to 24 months, the company is declared as past its expiry date and liquidated.

Investors and top management would have then cashed out on IPO then would move the next great thing to the repeat the same.

This is a worrying pattern :(