Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jarthur!uunet!hsi!stpstn!lerman From: lerman@stpstn.UUCP (Ken Lerman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.objective-c Subject: Re: health of Stepstone and ObjC Message-ID: <7106@stpstn.UUCP> Date: 28 May 91 13:47:58 GMT References: <2058@camex.COM> <1991May23.031433.11017@netcom.COM> <1991May23.075820.983@agate.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: lerman@stpstn.UUCP (Ken Lerman) Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT 06482 Lines: 33 In article cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick) writes: ->Suppose Brad Cox, head of and creator of Objective-C, made the company Brad Cox is not, and never has been, the head of Stepstone. ->a public corporation with an issue of stock at very affordable cost ->(you could call these junk bonds, if you like)? Going public at this time would be a very difficult and expensive operation. ->I for one would like to own several shares of stock if they sold at ->around $25.00 (U.S.) each. If for no other reason, think of how neat ->the stock would be framed and on the wall of your office!! If all you want is a certificate, send us some money and we'll send you a certificate. Would you like to be a donor, a sponsor, or a patron. For a million bucks, I'll send you a certificate saying that you are the head Poobah, or whatever. ->And as a stock holder, one could participate in the company. ->How about it, Stepstone? Objective-C is great and I have my checkbook ->ready! I'll put my money where my USENET-mouth is... Seriously, though, thanks for your (moral) support. ->-- Chuck Herrick Ken Lerman