Has NetQoS coveted an IPO for years?
Steve Harriman: Not really. To be very frank, we don’t think every day about going public. We’re trying to grow this company profitably as best we can. When you do that, good things happen. IPOs are costly, too. They’re a tremendous strain on the organization. [Going public] is not something you do lightly by any means. But in the interests of our shareholders and in the interests of continuing to grow the company, [an IPO] is certainly an offer worth considering. What sort of indicators is NetQoS looking for? Steve Harriman: One of the things we watch is the IPO market. There aren’t too many companies going public these days. It’s not a particularly good time. I’m not clairvoyantI can’t predict when it’s going to changebut we’re certainly going to watch the conditions. The reason you do it, of course, is to raise cash, to fund future growth, and we don’t see any big need, any urgent need, to do that. We will continue to [grow] organically without any major cash infusion. There’s a lot
