You`re right. Good debate. And hopefully people smarter than me and you are making the final decisions (no offense).
``But, realistically, are you really that ``married`` to this company? Do you plan to hold for 10-15 years? I suspect that 95% of current long longs will be cashed out within 2-3 years. At which point, who cares? Even the current officers of the company will probably be gone (so why should they care?). IMO, this is about making money, as fast as practicable.``
Perception, long term growth...no I ain`t gonna be in this stock 10-15 years from now. At least I don`t think I will. But do you really think this stock will hit the heights possible without some kind of long range plan? Why do you think recurring revenues is so important to everyone. Because if all we`re going to do is take in money and issue dividends (or buy back shares) for the next 5 - 10 years, investors are going to realize that that is eventually going to stop, and will be much less interested in buying. It becomes much more of a volatile stock. And who needs that after the last 6 years? LOL What that does is say to any new investor, come on, get in now, but you better be watching this like a hawk. Cuz` when it starts to come down, it`s every man for himself. Recurring revs from licensing solves that problem in the short term. But longer term, let`s build other revenue streams.
I realize while I`m typing this that we`re essentially saying the same thing. So please disregard this post.
Have a great Sunday.