that's why we call them vulture capitalists. I know a few who would sell their own mother, several times, even after she died. I think Rock, Perring, the Davises, and a few more were gentlemen; but, as a group they certainly do not deserve much respect after each pact they make with the devil. Once the big banks and insurance funds started supplying the underlying capitalization, the whores really moved in and made it what I refer to as evil money. you dont need to believe the New World Order is calling the shots to see where the banks are coming from. On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, John Young wrote:

Worth magazine of Dec/Jan has a lubricious article on "The Super Investors of Silicon Valley":

" 'Rise of the Silicon Patriots,' by Donald Katz. If their egos and paychecks are oversized, so is their impact on the economy and culture. It's not for nothing that California's venture capitalists think they're at the center of the universe."

It traces some of the mauling by rapacious VC tigers of unwary techno-bambis and gleefully vaunts winner-take-all when the chips are down (multiple puns there) -- commensurate with the flatulent flattering flummoxing of this "financial intelligence" oilslicker.

For more FFF FinInt organ-grinding the monkeys, see "Downloading Warren Buffet's Brain."