Comments on: Dell Acquires MessageOne http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/dell-acquires-messageone/ Austin Technology News, Events, Opinions Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:46:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Red Herring 100 Finalists in Austin | AustinStartup http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/dell-acquires-messageone/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Red Herring 100 Finalists in Austin | AustinStartup Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:55:54 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/12/dell-acquires-messageone/#comment-191 [...] MessageOne : Provider of email continuity solutions that was recently acquired by Dell. [...] [...] MessageOne : Provider of email continuity solutions that was recently acquired by Dell. [...]

]]> By: Speaker City » links for 2008-02-13 http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/dell-acquires-messageone/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Speaker City » links for 2008-02-13 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:26:05 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/12/dell-acquires-messageone/#comment-120 [...] AustinStartup » Dell Acquires MessageOne MessageOne, a provider of services for e-mail management, archiving and business continuity, will be rolled into Dell’s Software-as-a-Service suite, for a price of about $155 million in cash (tags: messageone) [...] [...] AustinStartup » Dell Acquires MessageOne MessageOne, a provider of services for e-mail management, archiving and business continuity, will be rolled into Dell’s Software-as-a-Service suite, for a price of about $155 million in cash (tags: messageone) [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/dell-acquires-messageone/comment-page-1/#comment-100 admin Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:04:08 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/12/dell-acquires-messageone/#comment-100 Dell went through a lot of trouble to provide independent valuations on the deal, just to avoid the family issue (it seems from the press release). Sounds like you think Dell overpaid for this company. You know if it was Microsoft, Yahoo, or Google they wouldn't disclose anything to anyone because at $150M it's not even "material" to the business. Not something I agree with by the way, but it happens all the time. No matter what MessageOne's revenue, Dell will take the product and sell 20x more of them, so it's definitely a product leverage deal. It's better than investing the $155M in Facebook. Thanks for the comments. Keep the coming! Dell went through a lot of trouble to provide independent valuations on the deal, just to avoid the family issue (it seems from the press release). Sounds like you think Dell overpaid for this company.

You know if it was Microsoft, Yahoo, or Google they wouldn’t disclose anything to anyone because at $150M it’s not even “material” to the business. Not something I agree with by the way, but it happens all the time.

No matter what MessageOne’s revenue, Dell will take the product and sell 20x more of them, so it’s definitely a product leverage deal.

It’s better than investing the $155M in Facebook.

Thanks for the comments. Keep the coming!

]]> By: What are the metrics http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/dell-acquires-messageone/comment-page-1/#comment-99 What are the metrics Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:15:33 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/12/dell-acquires-messageone/#comment-99 I understand the comments by Embarrassed & Enraged....so what would make everyone at ease would be the details...what were the revenues, profit and growth metrics...the metrics behind the valuation. Without these how can shareholders be satisfied that this was an investment in the normal course. I understand the comments by Embarrassed & Enraged….so what would make everyone at ease would be the details…what were the revenues, profit and growth metrics…the metrics behind the valuation. Without these how can shareholders be satisfied that this was an investment in the normal course.

]]> By: Embarrassed & Enraged Stakeholder http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/dell-acquires-messageone/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Embarrassed & Enraged Stakeholder Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:16:13 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/12/dell-acquires-messageone/#comment-97 Not sure I understand the congratulations and group-hug offered up to the Dell brothers in this article. This acquisition smells, and not in the good way. It goes to show how much the board is watching out for the stakeholders by allowing this thinly-veiled pay-off to the Dell family. The closing paragraph should read something more along the lines of “Congratulations to Satin, Paul and Mike. You guys deserve it. Welcome to the good ol’ boys club. You are a shoe-in for an SEC probe and a couple years behind bars, and when you get acquired I don’t think they will be any more lenient!” Not sure I understand the congratulations and group-hug offered up to the Dell brothers in this article. This acquisition smells, and not in the good way. It goes to show how much the board is watching out for the stakeholders by allowing this thinly-veiled pay-off to the Dell family. The closing paragraph should read something more along the lines of “Congratulations to Satin, Paul and Mike. You guys deserve it. Welcome to the good ol’ boys club. You are a shoe-in for an SEC probe and a couple years behind bars, and when you get acquired I don’t think they will be any more lenient!”

]]> By: Sue Massey http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/dell-acquires-messageone/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Sue Massey Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:00:23 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/02/12/dell-acquires-messageone/#comment-95 I found your site on google blog search and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. Just added your RSS feed to my feed reader. Look forward to reading more from you. - Sue. I found your site on google blog search and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. Just added your RSS feed to my feed reader. Look forward to reading more from you.

- Sue.

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