So these deals are not the end of the possible new revenue streams. So you can expect us to continue to introduce interesting twists on the model. No, the reason the deals are announced now is that we got the deals done. We have always been extremely committed to building a highly profitable company. So these deals have nothing to do with external bodies and measurements.
People understand our strategy.
They agree with the direction we're taking. The recent layoffs were seen by most as a move to boost profits, but I gather that the real reason was to eliminate people whose skills didn't keep up with their job demands. What we ended up with is a stronger organization with the people deployed in the right functional areas. We put people in the right parts of the company. You know, we hired almost 5,000 people last year.