[CS-FSLUG] NI: Novell Files Answer and Counterclaims, and Tells Us the Rest of the SCO Story

[Fred A. Miller]

On Saturday 30 July 2005 6:27 pm, Don Parris wrote:
> > You and me both! I filed an inquirey sometime ago about this, and was
> > simply told that it was under investigation. I've heard nor read anything
> > since. But, the SEC is very much like the FDA. That is, money and power
> > controls what happens to whom. In the case of the FDA, it's the drug
> > companies who get what they want, no matter what is moral and proper.
>
> Ummm... I understand the SEC actually does a pretty good job at
> sorting things out.  I think with Enron and other scandals to
> consider, they'll take this complaint as seriously as it deserves to
> be taken.  Unless you can point to specific SEC-Corp ties, I'm a
> little wary of that connection right now.  I'll admit the FDA is
> pretty much a hoax.  But I thought the problem with the SEC was the
> lack of enforcement power.  I don't know the specifics, but I think
> the Gov't has given the SEC some teeth.  Anyway, we'll see.

Yes we will. In the past, SEC enforcement hasn't been stellar, and that's all 
we have to go on.

Fred

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