ecash tech layoffs

[Bill Stewart]

At 10:00 PM 03/29/2001 -0800, Steve Schear wrote to cypherpunks:
>At 12:14 AM 3/30/01 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>>http://www.localbusiness.com/City/0,1123,SEA,00.html
>>
>>EXCLUSIVE BOTHELL, Wash., Mar. 29 (LocalBusiness.com) -- ECash 
>>Technologies Inc. has cut its workforce from 65 to 40 due to a 
>>"narrowing" of its business, John Filby, president and CEO for eCash, 
>>told LocalBusiness.com today.
>
>The only surprise is that they are still around.  Despite the early hoopla 
>eCash did little more than dust off DigiCash's old business 
>model.  Nothing like a foolish consistency to guide one on the road to failure.

Does that mean the price of the patents will be lower the next time
they get sold off?