Talk:Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
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I am going to do some drastic editing with information from the book. This will also affect some related articles, such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., RJR Nabisco, Lehman Brothers, Salomon Smith Barney, Henry Kravis, George F. Roberts, F. Ross Johnson, H. John Greeniaus, Forstmann Little & Company, Nicholas C. Forstmann, Theodore J. Forstmann, William Brian Little, and Barbarians at the Gate (movie). -Joseph 02:41, 2004 Sep 8 (UTC)
- Be sure you abide by copyright laws etc. when you use information from the book. In short you can use the information, but you cannot copy the way it is presented. For example if it said in the book: "Ross was a brilliant businessman" - you can say something of an equivalent meaning but with a different expression: e.g. "Ross had a superb ability to make good business decisions". Both convey the same meaning. Hence, no breach of copyright. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.239.110.134 (talk • contribs) 08:42, August 30, 2006 (UTC)
I don't agree that Johnson started the LBO because he thought Premier was going to fail.
The main stated reason why Ross Johnson started the LBO process in the book is because he felt that the share price (low 40s at the time) didn't reflect the true worth of the company and thought that an LBO was the best way to return value to the shareholders.
There are several passages in the book where Johnson tries to enthuse people about Premier, which suggests that he is hopeful, if misguided, about its possibility of sucess.
[edit] I've read the book and seen the movie and this article is straight from the movie.
The subject line pretty much sums it up. The article describes points of view only in the movie. It makes much of events that were tertiary in the book. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.111.110.192 (talk) 04:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC).
