Cringeley's SCUMX Predictions

Message ID: 77391
Posted By: korbomite
Posted On: 2004-01-03 13:43:00
Subject: Cringeley's SCUMX Predictions

...as reported in /. and at the Cringeley site at:

www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040101.html

QUOTE
5) The SCO debacle has created a crisis within the Linux community. They pretend that it hasn't, but it has. This will come to a head in 2004 with either the development of a new organizational structure for Linux or the start of its demise. Linux has to grow or die, and the direction it takes will be determined in 2004.

6) As for SCO, they'll continue to make noise until the middle of the year, at which point the legal case will implode and the company will give up. By that time, the company executives, insiders, and major investors will have all sold their positions at a handsome profit. This was never more than a stock scam, pushing the price of SCO shares up by more than 15 times. The clever part is how they used a legal case to make public claims that would have caused serious regulatory problems in any other context. We'll see more of this ploy in the future.
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Sad to see Bob, although close, still doesn't "get" what has happened here and what is continuing to happen.

Read the article, but I think Bob's listened too much to Enderle, Lyons, and DilDio, even sub-conciously...the Linux community is ALWAYS growing and changing - as is the wont of ANY truly democratic, open community - and Bob didn't mention ANY of those changes. <sigh>

Nice to see what he sums this all up to be agrees with my impression, though.

This IS just a stock scam. All the "longs" are shills and idiots/lusers and will lose every penny to the criminals at SCUMX backing and managing that criminal enterprise. The REALLY sad thing is that Bob is right, the greed-heads will win, not serve any jail time and do this again. I predict it will be another Canopy company and that Yarro/Noorda/McBride will be involved and that there will be a definite trail to the money from M$/Sun/Oracle/HP.

k

Message ID: 77394
Posted By: walterbyrd
Posted On: 2004-01-03 14:08:00
Subject: Re: Cringeley's SCUMX Predictions

>> I think Bob's listened too much to Enderle, Lyons, and DilDio<<

Not sure why you would say that. I think Bob has been on top of the scox-scam all along.

Message ID: 77403
Posted By: korbomite
Posted On: 2004-01-03 15:39:00
Subject: Re: Cringeley's SCUMX Predictions

>> Not sure why you would say that. I think Bob has been on top of the scox-scam all along.<<

...because of his comments about the "Linux Community."

k

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