Well, it's not that I want it owned by a massive firm, but the fact is that only an extremely large company would be in a position to buy it. I was primarily pointing out that, I'd personally favor it being owned by an American company, because the most obvious alternative is a Chinese one. I can't think of many British/European technology companies who could afford ARM and could justify the price premium.

The alternative would be to go public again. But I think the temptation is too great, and some massive company would take it over. ARM is the kind of company which is much more valuable as a part of a conglomerate than it is as an independent company.