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Perens: SCO's Tapestry of Lies

Bruce Perens has posted a new editorial on the SCO case. "SCO has run its campaign against Linux for over a year now, kiting their stock from fifty cents to over twenty dollars on many statements that, it is turning out, weren't true. When a company makes unfounded assertions for a month or two, it can be dismissed as a mistake or wishful thinking. When the distortions go on for a full year, it becomes difficult to explain their behavior as anything but a deliberate fraud meant to hurt Linux for Microsoft, their financial backer, while bringing SCO Millions in stock windfalls."
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Perens: SCO's Tapestry of Lies

Posted Mar 10, 2004 15:16 UTC (Wed) by phil42 (guest, #5175) [Link]

If Martha should be convicted, then SCO should be executed.
Thats what I think.

Perens: SCO's Tapestry of Lies

Posted Mar 10, 2004 20:37 UTC (Wed) by AeonTi (guest, #18360) [Link]

People like Martha get convicted so that organizations like SCO don't have to worry about *real* enforcement of securities laws, let alone being convicted of them. We as a society see that a figure such as Martha Stewart gets convicted, then we say "See, the enforcement system works."

Perens: SCO's Tapestry of Lies

Posted Mar 11, 2004 6:35 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]

Very nice summary Bruce. Thanks.

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