On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 12:32:23PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> Lan Barnes wrote:
>
> >So I think the decision makers at SCO probably really thought they had a
> >case -- maybe even a slam-dunk -- when they first filed. How they must
> >have felt as if the walls were closing in as the case progressed and
> >they found that they had nothing but sand.
>
> I don't think anything changed.
>
> Think about it.
>
> I'm the CEO of SCO. My business is basically gone. RedHat (among
> others) has pretty much quashed it.
>
> Now, I have some strange legal documents. I can watch the company go
> bankrupt, or I can fire up the lawyers and try some shakedowns for a
> couple of years.
>
> Those shakedowns netted me a bunch of investor money by a bunch of VC
> folks who don't understand my documents either. It also got some form
> of infusion from Microsoft just to irritate Linux.
>
> So, basically, all the managers continue along on the gravy train for a
> couple more years. It looks like all the VC's pulled at least the
> amount of money they invested back out of SCO due to Microsoft.
>
> If I lose, the worst that happens is that I have to pay IBM's legal
> costs. Declare SCO bankrupt and move on. If I don't have to pay IBM's
> legal fees, I extract the last remainder of money from SCO and move on.
> If, by some bizarre situation, I win, well, I have lots of money.
>
> It was pretty much a no lose situation for SCO. It's not like the upper
> managers care what a bunch of open source hippies think about them.
>
> -a
>
<sigh> You may be right. Reminds me of a sig I heard spoken on the radio
("Ring of Fire," 1360 AM, Saturdays):
Just when you think you're getting too cynical, these guys outdo
themselves.
- Robert Kennedy Jr.
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Lan Barnes
Linux Guy, SCM Specialist
Tcl/Tk Enthusiast
That she should be in jail and O. J. Simpson is playing golf in Florida
is ridiculous.
- Donald Trump on Martha Stewart
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