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Message: why did Ajit Manocha leave

I don't post for the same reasons EileenTeahon mentioned.. Too many off-the-hinges posters on this bulletin board. I greatly respect the generousity of several posters and have learned a lot from them. Good on you Eileen for contributing to the board.

I attended the AGM to do some further DD.. The AGM seemed to have a bit of a Trekkie vibe.. I found it very useful and encourge everyone to attend. Being an overnight event far from Toronto, it gave plenty of opportunity for dicussion amongst the shareholders and opportunity to address management. It always surprises me the diversity of investors and the different pieces of knowledge, opinions and DD that we all are eager to share.

I personally read this board (and SH) partially for DD, but largely for the soap opera entertainment value.

I am encouraged by RickTheVet's calm reflection. I was expecting a Yosamite Sam moment in which Rick was going to confront the management. The Jerry Springer side of my brain was partially hoping for that. Good on you Rick for being constructive.

To understand why Ajit left the CEO role at GF, I think we need to understand why he took on the role. I found this article interesting:

http://business.asiaone.com/sme-central/prime-movers/love-affair-silicon

My understanding is that he did not set out for the CEO role, however in order to make the changes that would transform GF, he had to clean house. In order to that he had to take on the CEO role.

Once things were on track, he could get back to a more slowed down pace, spend time with family, etc.

It may be just me, but I have noticed that there has been a trend in the Tech world on the Rise of Ex-Super-CEOs to accomplish additional super-greatness. You see this in work with John Chen at Blackberry, Meg Whitman at HP, and Elon Musk on his multiple projects.

My take is that Poet could be Ajit's project to accomplish super greatness.

Cheers.

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