Hello Brad
Thank you - that was partly tongue in cheek and partly intended. Yes, point taken - the two are very different concepts and when left in the hands of management consultants like me can lead to surprising results, both pleasant and unpleasant.
I am pleased to see that you are an ardent advocate of maximizing shareholder value and firmly on the shareholder side - we need more folks like you, and to David's point , also we need more focus on corporate governance at the board level, which I think is the fundamental problem behind CEO hanky panky.
I also very much liked your last response to Chris, in particular your elegant application of present value calculations - you would do well in the management consulting business-)
Best and thanks again
Savio