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Out with the pump and dump theory.Out with the pump and dump theory.Posted Nov 21, 2003 18:07 UTC (Fri) by rev (guest, #15082)Parent article: A new source of anti-GPL FUD Until I read this press release I was willing to accept that the SCO saga was a pump and dump scheme. Although I leaned to the theory that it was a MS instigated FUD campaign. Now that a second front against the GPL is opened I know this is Redmond at work. The FUD theory explains this second front better than the pump and dump theory. Occam's razor does the rest.
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Out with the pump and dump theory...why? Posted Nov 21, 2003 22:02 UTC (Fri) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047) [Link] The two needn't be mutually exclusive. SCO wouldn't be doing this if there wasn't something in it for their executives. Consider: Darl and company are watching their business die because, well, their offerings aren't very good. Along comes somebody with an axe or two to grind against Free Software, and says "Hey, we can help you drum up lots of noise for your stock, and pay you lots of money as well. All you have to do is start making loud threatening noises about a product you used to sell..."This way, Darl thinks, everybody wins! The somebody (I think we know who) gets to have their FUD campaign, Darl and the other executives at SCO get a golden parachute, the investors at Canopy get to dump their really-worthless-but-temporarily-valuable stock, and the lawyers, as always, get fat paychecks whether they do a decent job or not. See, it's a win-win situation for every slimebag involved, and the only losers are those "communists" who advocate Free Software!
Out with the pump and dump theory...why? Posted Nov 23, 2003 1:54 UTC (Sun) by XERC (guest, #14626) [Link] a small associatsion: what hapens, if one types "win" in the Window$, while running the "M$-MODE"? win-win
Enough about Microsoft already Posted Nov 22, 2003 10:40 UTC (Sat) by Peter (guest, #1127) [Link] Now that a second front against the GPL is opened I know this is Redmond at work. Oh come on. You really believe Microsoft is the only party with something to lose if GPL software continues its upward spiral? Microsoft may be at the center of the proprietary software ecology, but there are all kinds of other people who stand to lose just as much (proportionally speaking).
Enough about Microsoft already Posted Nov 22, 2003 13:26 UTC (Sat) by rev (guest, #15082) [Link] Where did I say that it is only Redmond at work? However, I do observe that it is primarily Redmond that has been vocal in spewing anti-GPL propaganda.Redmond has the most to loose: its monopoly. However, theoretically, you are right, it may be other parties, excluding Redmond, that fear the GPL that are involved in this, or none other than SCO. Given this SCO license purchase by MS dating back a few months, however, MS is, at least loosely, involved. But if I where MS, seeing that my FUD campaign thus far has failed, I would do do something similar to this, it is basically the only option I would have. I have no direct evidence that this is a MS FUD campaign. However, to my judgement, it is the simplest theory that explains all of what is happening, including the comparative silence on the part of MS in its anti Linux communications. So I'll keep it as my working hypothesis. But I'm willing to change my opinion should facts arise that are not consistent with my hypothesis or a theory is propoesed that is even simpler and consistent with reality.
Enough about Microsoft already Posted Nov 24, 2003 20:16 UTC (Mon) by cpm (guest, #3554) [Link] No, but they are the biggest, and they arethe only ones they care about. All SCO parties deny any MS involvement, It'll take a lot more convincing than just Also, seems I remember some docs leaked from MS just
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