My guess is very few people knew that AMT was a thing and/or didn't have enough liquid cash to buy at the time. Had I know that in a few years I'd have a tax bi

My guess is very few people knew that AMT was a thing and/or didn't have enough liquid cash to buy at the time. Had I know that in a few years I'd have a tax bill in the tens of thousands of dollars I'd have taken a loan out immediately to early exercise all my options and been much better off.