Out with the pump and dump theory...why?

Out with the pump and dump theory...why?

Posted Nov 21, 2003 22:02 UTC (Fri) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047)
In reply to: Out with the pump and dump theory. by rev
Parent article: A new source of anti-GPL FUD

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!

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