[CS-FSLUG] NI: Novell's fraud claim against SCO

[Fred A. Miller]

On Friday 05 August 2005 7:26 pm, Don Parris wrote:
> > That's the way I see it. However, I somehow think that Novell ISN'T going
> > to lie about any of this!!
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > --
>
> I don't see Novell as Lying.  I see their countersuit as being
> *loosely* related to the SEC filings - even though that's rather a
> different aspect of the whole shebang.  Illegal insider trading is one
> thing.  Copyright infringement is another.  However, the two seem to
> go hand in hand in this case.

It would seem so.

> SCO, in spite of its own internal investigation, has decided to scam
> the IT industry with a lawsuit based on, at best, flawed premises.
> Since they couldn't get Novell to go along, they got Msft instead.
> However, since Msft is bound by all these judicial rulings about its
> monopoly position, they could not get directly involved.  This is
> where the alleged illegal insider trading comes in.  The funneling of
> funds, per the SEC complaint, from various individual
> executives/former executives of Msft, along with the Corporate
> investment in Baystar, involves alleged illegal trades by SCO and
> Microsoft insiders.  This is why I consider Microsoft an accomplice to
> SCO's fraudulent lawsuit.

Agreed!

> On the other hand, if there was no illegal activity along those lines,
> and Msft bought a bill of goods from SCO, it would truly be the irony
> of ironies.  The king of messing over partners in business deals gets
> their own hand dealt to them by a company about to get escorted from
> the table. Ha!

Hehehehehe.....yes. Poetic justice. ;)

> I would second Josiah's view - we could have spent the money in much
> better ways than on a stupid, potentially fraudulent lawsuit.  So, I
> guess after I finish laughing, I'll have to cry over the stupidity of
> it all.

There is much of that everywhere, and most, if not all of it is out of our 
control. Everywhere men do what is in defiance of God's will, brings high 
costs of all types.

Fred

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