Activist Shareholders

“So I think it'll, it'll continue to, and you could probably go and pick a bunch of these conglomerates and you'll see the activist shareholders doing this. They'll, they'll, they'll buy a bunch of shares. They'll instigate and say, Hey, you guys should break u…”

“Because activists were involved with current EMC, if EMC were now, it was 15 years ago, and EMC were faced with buying VMware, and they had activist pressure on their board, they would not be allowed to buy VMware”

“Well, I think it, I think for large tech companies, the relationship between management and the existing board and activist shareholders has become quite toxic.”