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Whaaa!

….nothing yet. Maybe never.

In another inciteful, i mean insightful blog post, Mr. Hilaly outlines the deal, shares his thoughts on why it makes sense and has a pretty accurate recap of the financial aspects of this deal. I just had to chuckle at a couple of things.

First is that for all the acquisitions that he has opined on, (Stratify, MetaLINCS, Attenex, Kazeon) the one most glaring in its absence, is the Clearwell Acquisition. You know, the one he’s been hoping for all these years.

Second is that he actually mentions Metalincs three (3) times and adds both them and Seagate as tags for the search engine optimizers to pick up. Man, I was unaware that Seagate had hired UBS to shop what’s left of my old outfit but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Hilaly is well informed and I’m sure he’s accurate. Please know I wish all my old friends still there the best of luck. And for all the E-Vaulters that thought the MetaLINCS acquisition was a bad deal, I say you should have done your homework and listened to the people who actually knew what they were talking about. Due Diligence. Would have been good. Once you bought MetaLINCS, it was YOUR baby and what happened to the asset after that was on YOUR watch. Sounds like whining “big-time” as Dick Cheney would say.

Now before anyone starts to get the wrong impression based on my post and selected artwork, I’m not suggesting ANYONE at Clearwell is whining. I’m so not. They’re doing quite well thank you. I actually met Mr. Hilaly at LegalTech NY when I was just recently laid off and he was a polite and friendly guy to me. He immediately wanted me to speak with someone in his organization about the possibility of coming on-board. Wow! Could I have had them pegged wrong all this time? maybe, I thought to myself. To an unemployed guy with two kids, two houses and life in the burbs, I was heartened by the possibility of coming off the unemployment line quickly. So a few days later, the interviewer says (I’ll paraphrase) “Well, I thought we’d start by you taking some time and give me some detail with respect to your time at MetaLINCS” – I answered that “I would be happy to” however I was bound by a non-disclosure agreement and what I could say would be rather limited. It was then the tone of the conversation immediately changed and within 5 minutes the interview was over. Not a fit, no further discussion warranted. Very weird.

Hey, maybe I’m the one who’s whining now…

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