$1.45 million bounty for sucking up to Microsoft
WinInfo | at | by Mike
It's a good gig if you can get it. RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser recently collected a handsome $1.45 million bonus, and will get an identical bonus in January 2006. You're probably wondering what amazing business feat Glaser performed in order to be so richly rewarded. Turns out he was rewarded by the company's board for his "excellent leadership and outstanding efforts relating to the Microsoft antitrust case." Put another way, RealNetworks decided that instead of fighting Microsoft's technology in the open market, it would simply sue the software giant and wait for the settlement to roll in, which it did to the tune of $761 million from Microsoft. In response, RealNetworks withdrew its support for the EU's antitrust suit against Microsoft. You know, I was just criticizing Yahoo, but I have to wonder if this isn't somehow just as bad. I'll need to mull that one over for a bit. That said, if anyone wants to give me $1.45 million, I'm pretty much for sale.