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  Anonymous Coward, 10 Feb 2005 @ 2:28am

  
  

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  Ugh. Mike. Come on. As an insider you'd know all this, right? You used to not be such a mindless follower, but I guess your TV habits have made you weak and easy to impress. Ugh.

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  thecaptain, 10 Feb 2005 @ 4:24am

  
  

  and don't forget...

  "Of course, in the intervening two years, SCO has managed to waste an awful lot of peoples' time and money in this wild goose chase."
  
  And also managed to make a truckload of money themselves, slow down linux business adoption and foster a climate of fear in open source development. Lets keep the big picture in mind.
  
  They may lose this case and (hopefully) go out of business, but winning this case has NEVER been the goal. Dragging it out, making insane public statements and spreading the FUD as always been the main prize.
  
  I would love to see jailtime for some of these execs.

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    aNonMooseCowherd, 10 Feb 2005 @ 9:22pm

    
    

    Re: and don't forget...

    They may lose this case and (hopefully) go out of business, but winning this case has NEVER been the goal. Dragging it out, making insane public statements and spreading the FUD as always been the main prize.

    Driving up the stock price long enough for the insiders to dump their shares was most likely the motivation for the lawsuit.

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