The Offer from the Big Company · Debug Season · Pulse Beat
It came in May, by email, from a name he recognised. A large company that made a famous office suite wanted to acquire Pagewise. Not the whole thing: the technology, the team, the user base. The…
It came in May, by email, from a name he recognised.
A large company that made a famous office suite wanted to acquire Pagewise. Not the whole thing: the technology, the team, the user base. The number was eight crore rupees, which would have made every one of the three of them comfortably rich. A call was scheduled for Friday. Karthik wrote, in capitals, THIS IS WHAT WE WERE WAITING FOR.
Vikram read it standing at the window, with a view of a wall and a pigeon on the ledge. He did not feel what he had expected to feel.
Neha was on the sofa with a stack of exam papers. He read her the email.
"What do you think?" she asked, not looking up.
"I think they'd read the notes."
"Would they?"
"Not at first. But a company that size has to make money. Eventually, somebody, in a meeting, will say what if we just looked." He turned. "I've spent a year promising people it would never happen. I'd be selling the promise."
Neha put down the papers. "So that's your answer."
"It's a answer," said Vikram. "I want to hear what the others think."