[nyc_data_geek]

Or they can do things like buy VMWare, gut the support/engineering/sales staff, hound and threaten their install base, and ultimatley profit greatly by stripping down and destroying a perfectly healthy if relatively late stage business.

[bfg_9k]

That was Broadcom and not a PE fund?

[nyc_data_geek]

True, though Broadcom operates in a very similar manner in this regard.