[John Locke]

What this press release conveniently omits is that Verisgn bought Network Solutions for $20 billion. Yes, billion.

Of course, that wasn't cash; it was Verisign stock. At the time, the stock was traded at almost $250. Today, it is just above $15.

So, if you do the math, Network Solutions investors lost 94% of their money, or 18.8 billion, and Verisign lost about 1.1 billion. The "new economy" in action.