Should somebody call the SEC?

Posted Aug 19, 2003 19:01 UTC (Tue) by tavis (guest, #14187)
Parent article: Why SCO won't show the code

The comments above show that McBride's presentation either deliberately misled shareholders about the status of the code, or that SCO didn't perform due diligence in invesigating the code's history, in a situation where the management team had a personal interest in not performing it. (Regardless whether the code is legitimately GPLed, SCO is clearly not in a position to claim monetary damages from the code's use.) In other words, he made misleading statements at a shareholder's meeting that he knows will inflate the value of the stock. This is highly illegal. Somebody should call the SEC to investigate.

Should somebody call the SEC?

Posted Aug 19, 2003 20:01 UTC (Tue) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link] (1 responses)

The comments above show that McBride's presentation either deliberately misled shareholders about the status of the code, or [snip]

I'm curious if this is part of the code that SCO claims Linux "stole" and used to provide enterprise capabilities that it would otherwise not have. If so, it's interesting that a Caldera Product Manager and a Public Relations Manager referred to this code as "ancient."

If this is the best SCO has to show, then they're up to their armpits already.

Should somebody call the SEC?

Posted Aug 21, 2003 23:00 UTC (Thu) by onetimepost (guest, #14340) [Link]

I think its a moot point. I have just purchased the rights to the letter 'S' from Sesame Street and intend to come after every body that has ever used it to make any money what so ever. As you know, the letter is prominently displayed in the trademark SCO, so they are toast. As for the rest of you I demand that you immediately stop using the letter 'S' with out licensing it from me. I will however offer you a special introductory rate of $25 per occurrence for any existing published work that contains this wonderful letter. My lawyers will be contacting your lawyers if this royalty payment isn't submitted at once !!!!!