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[nkoren]

If you need another data point, I worked on a (non-software) project for Garriott. He was awesome and I'd do it again in a second.

[Minor49er → nkoren]

By my guess, you must either be an astronaut or a knight

[nkoren → Minor49er]

Sadly, neither. Transport planner working in this Garriott-funded project: https://web.archive.org/web/20150508071259/http://www.austin...

[Minor49er → nkoren]

That is really cool. I would be interested in hearing more about what happened with this project

[nickt → Minor49er]

Or perhaps an explorer? Richard Garriott was recently elected president of the Explorers Club.

https://explorers.org/news/news_detail/richard-garriott-elec...

[silexia → nickt]

I think the fact the commenter here said he would work for Garriott again in a heartbeat, shows the incredible damage that mergers and acquisitions do to businesses.

I am a finance guy, and I think we need to find a way to rework the system to reduce or end a lot of finances excesses. Especially VC pressures, mergers and acquisitions that remove founders, and other issues like that.