[quote=UCGal]I worked for a very small company that did modem drivers (among other things) back in the pre-wireless 90’s. (Remember dial up and windows 3.1?) Intel bought that software package making the owners rich. Very rich. The driver code they bought was obsolete the day it was bought.

But the owners of the company made a bundle. The guys who wrote the code got very small bonuses and mostly left in anger. I worked on different stuff but was still disgusted and I left the company shortly thereafter.[/quote]

I know the company you are talking about. Actually, you were lucky…I’ve had a few buddies that worked at startups.The a week or so before being acquired, they laid off most of all the workers and the the remaining folks, they increased the company shares (diluting former workers who were let go). Nice huh?