I'd bet they had investors in common (Ron Conway?) who put pressure on SA to let them save some of their balance sheet and some of their face. As an ancient ex

I'd bet they had investors in common (Ron Conway?) who put pressure on SA to let them save some of their balance sheet and some of their face. As an ancient example, that's how it went with Philip Greenspun's ars Digita and their asset sale to Redhat.