It seems that many people here have forgot Bitfountain, which is major shareholder of ASICMINER. Friedcat doesn't need to think about future of ASICMINER that much, because he, and who ever owns Bitfountain with him, have gathered bucketloads of BTC in dividents from ASICMINER. What ever he plans do to next, he doesn't need to do it through ASICMINER company, he has enough capital in Bitfountain to do what ever he thinks is good for him and other owners of Bitfountain. As a major shareholder, Bitfountain can close ASICMINER down any time they want to and continue operations within Bitfountain.