> I'll say this: a company's products are IMO a far better predictor of future success than any of its ledgers and reports. Generally I'd agree. Although you g

> I'll say this: a company's products are IMO a far better predictor of future success than any of its ledgers and reports. Generally I'd agree. Although you get companies like Blizzard who (counter to usual advice) seem to put all their eggs in a couple of baskets, and other companies spread themselves way too thin. Titus' destruction of Interplay and Black Isles speaks of this; I don't think anyone has a clue of why Titus managed to pitch a profitable company into the dirt inside months. Although again it speaks worlds that one IP (Fallout) was of enough value to resurrect a company from the brink of bankruptcy.