Simply that the company had profits. This was pre dotcom crash and these were 20-something flashy MBA dudes that had been told to buy terrible money sinkholes l

Simply that the company had profits. This was pre dotcom crash and these were 20-something flashy MBA dudes that had been told to buy terrible money sinkholes left and right, and were seeing positive cash flow in an acquisition for the very first time. For them it was ludicrous and somewhat quaint, like an old grocery store earning money for the owners every month.