Investors are hungry for a company that has some promise of making it to the public markets.

If the company said it was a one-quarter event, then I think the downside would have been limited, ... But given the guidance we received, which is that growth is likely to slow because the company is so large, that will ratchet down the numbers for fiscal 2001, and that's probably where the damage is going to come from.

The company has become increasingly immune to the vagaries of the PC market.

The company is very disappointed that a fair and equitable agreement could not be reached. We believe we had a very attractive offer on the table, including annual wage increases, continued profit sharing, a signing bonus, benefits improvements, work-rule improvements and a job security proposal.

The proposed agreement ... is fundamentally flawed. It will give one company the ability to raise prices for the most popular domain extension without any industry review or justification.

To make it to the public market you need just raw financial strength.