From RG's 7/21 letter

<On July 31 we expect to close our previously announced plan to increase Patriot’s holdings in Talis Data Systems. Patriot will directly acquire the shares of Talis held by SSDI, provide a direct cash investment to Talis, and buy-out certain minority shareholders to increase Patriot’s direct holdings to more than 40%.>

It's seems pretty clear that the plan was to buy the SSDI shares. Opty