By TI do you mean Texas Instruments? An IBMer is a marathon runner with cement shoes. I spent 35 years in the computer technology field, mostly in software development. IBM is not a place where I would look for innovative and creative thinking. I believe RG has a pretty good idea where to find such people, the evidence is in his recent moves for a business development VP and new board member.

It may be very difficult to remove some undesirables from the board, namely CJ and Faulk. I say this because they may have substantial shares behind them. In CJ's case Schwartz (the favorite whipping boy here in terms of share price performance) and the Falk Trust. Does anyone know how many shares the Falk Trust own? Just curious.