Here is an interview snippet with the board members of of Satyam Computer.
Q. What is the current headcount and assets of Satyam?
Manoharan: When the government-appointed board took over, the headcount at Satyam was 51,000. At the end of the fourth quarter, it has come down to 48,000.
Satyam has 450 acres of land -- 50 per cent of which is freehold and the remaining is leasehold. Of the 50 per cent that is owned, they have 125 acres in Hyderabad, encompassing two campuses. Both these campuses are valued at Rs 1,700 crore (Rs 17 billion).
There is no mention of the work Satyam does, the technology competency, domain expertise or project execution.
Now imagine the same question posed to Bill Gates
Q. What is the current headcount and assets of Microsoft ?
Bill Gates: We have currently 92,000 employees and 1000 acres of land in Redmond , another 400 acres in Hyderabad with 10 acres in Silicon Valley.
Goes to show, how real estate prices are influencing market valuations. Morons don't realise without projects or customers, the real estate is nothing more then rocks and sand.
Q. What is the current headcount and assets of Satyam?
Manoharan: When the government-appointed board took over, the headcount at Satyam was 51,000. At the end of the fourth quarter, it has come down to 48,000.
Satyam has 450 acres of land -- 50 per cent of which is freehold and the remaining is leasehold. Of the 50 per cent that is owned, they have 125 acres in Hyderabad, encompassing two campuses. Both these campuses are valued at Rs 1,700 crore (Rs 17 billion).
There is no mention of the work Satyam does, the technology competency, domain expertise or project execution.
Now imagine the same question posed to Bill Gates
Q. What is the current headcount and assets of Microsoft ?
Bill Gates: We have currently 92,000 employees and 1000 acres of land in Redmond , another 400 acres in Hyderabad with 10 acres in Silicon Valley.
Goes to show, how real estate prices are influencing market valuations. Morons don't realise without projects or customers, the real estate is nothing more then rocks and sand.
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