Icahn has bought a stake in eBay. It appears to me like he is trying to force out some of the eBay board by publicly criticizing. If he succeeds in basically kn

Icahn has bought a stake in eBay. It appears to me like he is trying to force out some of the eBay board by publicly criticizing. If he succeeds in basically kneecapping the current board then he can have much more control of the company. Just skim his wikipedia page to get an idea of what the possible outcomes are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Icahn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Icahn .