As ratios go, that's actually pretty low; we're talking in the less than 10 percent range, which is where we want companies to be nowadays.

Just within the last six months, these policies have spread pretty quickly. It's almost a proxy now for boardroom accountability.

It's pretty much a no-show from a performance and technology perspective. Intel is talking a good story about next-generation architectures, but they haven't really done anything about it.

There's so many other founders — the main one being down the coast, with [Oracle founder] Larry Ellison — who have a great deal of money as well, but still pay themselves massive amounts by options every year.

The '90s was the slippery slope from managing expectations to managing earnings to outright fraud.

I think it's a morale killer when you see it disclosed at some of these companies.