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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 10:21 AM EDT

SCO has announced that Robert Bench is retiring and they will have a new CFO.

It seems Mr. Bench wishes to retire, though he'll stay on for six months more in an acting VP capacity, where he will focus on "external growth opportunities and industry partnerships", which I think means they urgently need to find some money this exact minute.

His replacement as CFO, Bert Young, comes from a background that includes a term at a company called Waste Management, Inc. I'm sure he is highly qualified for the task ahead.

Here are two press releases about it. Note the last paragraph of the second:

"Linux is open source software, meaning that software developers can freely modify its code, and is based on the Unix operating system, which had been used in many large corporate data centers. SCO owns the rights to Unix and collects licensing fees for it. It also has collected licenses from some companies that use Linux."

Pitiful, huh?

I got a second-hand report from the shareholder meeting, by the way, that there were no fireworks, only about 20 shareholders showed up, not including the BayStar folks, and the rah-rah word to the troops was that they would win the lawsuit. Of course, they kind of need to say things like that, no matter what they think when they lie awake at night, staring at the ceiling. There is already one law firm notifying SCO shareholders on Yahoo's Finance message board that it specializes in shareholder class action lawsuits.

By the way, Forbes is running a poll on Linux. I suggest not taking it, because I personally don't trust Forbes to play fair. I see no reason to mislead their advertisers into thinking the community finds Forbes of interest, either. They have seriously shown a bias against Linux for a long time, and I don't believe the survey can possibly be scientific, which wouldn't stop some from using it to defend SCO if Linux were to "win" the poll (SCO asserting that SCO hasn't caused any financial damages and thus needn't pay for any such losses, for example), and it's too easy to stuff the ballot. All anyone would have to do is erase all cookies from prospero.com, atdmt.com and forbes.com, or use a few different computers, and vote again and again. (Hmmm.... and then later fess up, thus invalidating the results.) Consequently, this poll's "findings" will be absolutely meaningless, except maybe for some FUD. I say this despite the fact that at the moment, Linux is "winning." It also crosses my mind that Forbes could keep logs on who took the poll, maybe even noting how they vote? I haven't read their privacy terms, but I'm thinking there are just a lot of reasons to stay away from Forbes.

**********************************************

Press Release
Source: The SCO Group, Inc.

The SCO Group Names Bert Young as Chief Financial Officer
Wednesday April 21, 8:07 am ET

SCO Adds to Executive Team and Creates New Department to Oversee Corporate Development

LINDON, Utah, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), the owner of the UNIX® operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today announced the expansion of its executive team with the appointment of Bert Young as Chief Financial Officer. Young brings to SCO a seasoned background in executive-level management responsibilities from a variety of information technology companies including worldwide finance, operations, mergers and acquisitions expertise.

Previous to SCO, Young was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for LANDesk Software, where he was accountable for all financial management and reporting to company stockholders. He has also served as CFO for several other companies including Talk2 Technology, Inc. and Whittman-Hart. He was also the CIO for Chicago-based Waste Management, Inc.

"We look forward to Bert's contributions in helping drive additional efficiencies in our company operations," said Darl McBride, President and CEO, The SCO Group, Inc. "His years of experience in all facets of worldwide operations will enhance our current management team."

In addition to the appointment of Young, the company announced that Bob Bench will assume the responsibilities of acting Vice President of Corporate Development. Bench has been the company's CFO for the past three and one half years and will focus on external growth opportunities and industry partnerships. As the company fills this position on a permanent basis, Bench plans to retire from SCO later this year. "These changes in senior management responsibilities will allow significant focus on efficient internal operations, development of our current product lines, and the addition of technologies and products through acquisition and partnering," said McBride.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward looking statements related to SCO's belief that the appointment of Bert Young will enhance its management team, SCO's anticipation that Mr. Young will contribute in helping SCO drive additional efficiencies in its operations and SCO's belief that the changes in senior management responsibilities will allow significant focus on efficient internal operations, development of its current product lines and the addition of technologies and products through acquisition and partnering. SCO wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated are discussed in more detail in SCO's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About SCO

The SCO Group (NASDAQ: SCOX - News) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses everyday. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services, visit http://www.sco.com.

SCO, and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.

*******************************************************

UPDATE - SCO says Bench plans to retire, names Young CFO
Wednesday April 21, 8:41 am ET

NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - The SCO Group Inc. (NasdaqSC:SCOX - News), the software company suing IBM over the Linux operating system, said on Wednesday that Chief Financial Officer Bob Bench plans to retire later this year, and named Bert Young to replace him.

Lindon, Utah-based SCO, which owns the Unix operating system and says that the operating system Linux violates its copyrights, said that Bench will become acting vice president of corporate development and retire after the position is filled permanently.

Bench has been the company's CFO for the past three and a half years.

SCO, which began its fight over Linux with International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - News), which sells computer hardware that has Linux software on it, has since said that it would expand that fight to include other companies such as AutoZone Inc. and DaimlerChrysler AG.

Linux is open source software, meaning that software developers can freely modify its code, and is based on the Unix operating system, which had been used in many large corporate data centers. SCO owns the rights to Unix and collects licensing fees for it. It also has collected licenses from some companies that use Linux.


  


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Corrections Here, Please
Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 10:58 AM EDT
Please note any needed corrections in this thread, so I can find them quickly.

Thank you.

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:01 AM EDT
1 gone, many still left though!


Paul UK

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Premature aging?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:05 AM EDT
Being Chief Financial Officer at SCOX these days would make anyone age faster...

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Severance Package?
Authored by: Kiaser Zohsay on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:05 AM EDT
It would be terribly interesting to find out exactly what that parachute is made
of. Any resources online for this?

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Waste Management Inc.
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:07 AM EDT
I know nothing about this company in particular, but the waste management
industry in general is heavily infiltrated by organized crime. Maybe someone
should look into this new CFO, see if he has any links to the Mob.

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: whoever57 on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:08 AM EDT
If I were him, I would probably want to retire NOW, so that I can exercise and
sell 100% of my options NOW and not wait until they are worthless.

In fact, retiring some time last year would have been much more profitable.

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:09 AM EDT
I wonder if he will move south?

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:09 AM EDT
Young was CFO at Landesk (an Intel spinoff???), CIO and VP of administration at
Whittman-Hart ("an IT management company in Chicago"), and CIO at
waste management.

There are a few snippets on the web touting him as an example of a "new
breed" of CIOs whose background is business and not technology.

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Is this a "setup"?
Authored by: Jude on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:10 AM EDT
When I saw this news, the first thing that crossed my mind was the old saw
"Everything that goes wrong will be blamed on the last person who quit or
got fired".

Is Bench being set up to take the fall for SCO's misadventures?


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What effect does the stock price have?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:11 AM EDT
What effect will it have on SCO if the stock price falls too much? I get the
impression that some people link this with SCO going bankrupt - why should this
be? Won't it only cause problems if they want to issue new stock?

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I love this bit.
Authored by: aug24 on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:11 AM EDT
"SCO owns the rights to Unix and collects licensing fees for it"

...which it then hands over to Novell bar a 5% handling fee.

Justin.

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: DFJA on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:13 AM EDT
"Linux is open source software, meaning that software developers can freely
modify its code, and is based on the Unix operating system, which had been used
in many large corporate data centers. SCO owns the rights to Unix and collects
licensing fees for it. It also has collected licenses from some companies that
use Linux."

Pitiful indeed.

I think this is a very clear admission that they have no claims over Linux per
se, as they are saying in a press release that software developers can freely
modify its code. I notice they carefully steer clear of mentioning the GPL,
copyrights or any contractual issues with IBM.

How will this statement affect any of their legal cases, or are they merely
stating what has already become established fact?

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New Ulrs and Updates here please
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:15 AM EDT
...whats that ticking sound?

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:16 AM EDT
Perfect.

Waste Management Inc was one the big financial scandals of the '90s, before the
days of Enron, etc.

http://www.sec.gov/news/headlines/wastemgmt6.htm

It appears that Bench was an executive at that time, and has been bouncing
around ever since.

Presumably, he was not named in the investigation because he was CIO and this
was apparently a financial problem and not an opertaional problem, however I
don't see how nameing him CFO reduces the aroma at SCO.

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updating Passport
Authored by: phrostie on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:18 AM EDT
"It seems Mr. Bench wishes to retire, though he'll stay on for six
months."

does it really take 6 months to update you passport and book a flight to Rio?

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Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS
and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings.
http://www.freelists.org/webpage/snafuu

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Electric Dragon on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:18 AM EDT
I don't know whether Bert Young was there at the time, but Waste Managment Inc are no strangers to scandal.

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: tyche on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:18 AM EDT
Waste Management, huh! Well, he ought to fit right in with SCOG. Might even be
a step UP for him (as long as he doesn't step IN it).

Craig
Tyche

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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of
knowledge."
Stephen Hawking

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OT: SCO, The Owner of the Unix(r) Operating System
Authored by: ausoleil on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:20 AM EDT
>The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), the owner of >the UNIX® operating system and a leading provider of >UNIX-based solutions I know that this has been discussed ad nauseum, but it really makes me grit my teeth every time I read this phrase. First of all, their "ownership" is contested, and secondly, they certainly do not own the trademark registration for the word Unix. Basically, it's like the first phrase out of their mouths in every press release is a possible lie and a certain distortion, and all in one sentence fragment! Obviously, their ownership is being contested, but when the mainstream press picks up on it and repeats it, the idea that SCO is the owner of unix, it's trademarks and everything else gives the general impression that indeed, these long-haired Birkenstock hippies have stolen from them and given it away on the internet. In life, the impression you give of the truth is 95% of what people who don't know better will believe. SCO does this willingly, and IMHO is a slander of Novell. We'll see after the litigation process, but in the meantime, methinks that this might be part of the reason their boilerplate "forward looking statements" is part of the footer. (Yes, I know every company has it.)

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New CFO likely has strong background in dodging prosecution
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:20 AM EDT
I recall some sort of scandel from Chicago, but apparently Waste Management,
Inc. has a long and sordid history.

See: http://www.ebic.org/pubs/wmx.html
Corporate Profile: Waste Management Incorporated

(Contains many other references.)

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Waste Management - Checkered Past
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:26 AM EDT

Waste management itself has a very checkered past.

"In March of 2002 the SEC charged a half-dozen former executives with
inflating earnings by $1.7-billion as part of an accounting fraud scheme
designed to enrich themselves and dupe shareholders."

"Embattled auditing firm Arthur Andersen LLP helped perpetrate the
scheme....."

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/03/27/Business/Former_Waste_Manageme.shtml

"The SEC said the scheme unraveled in late 1997, after a new CEO ordered a
review of the company's accounting practices. In 1998, Waste Management restated
its 1992-1997 earnings by $1.7 billion, the largest restatement in corporate
history, the SEC said."

http://www.mindfully.org/Industry/SEC-Sues-Waste-Management26mar02.htm

"From 1993 to 1997, Bert Young was CIO at Waste Management...."

http://www.baselinemag.com/print_article/0,1406,a=109123,00.asp

Could fraud of this magnitude be pulled off by a majority group of key
executives without the knowledge of other executives that something was
massively wrong? I'd think being associated with a scandal of this magnitude
would make every executive "damaged goods". In retrospect, Waste
Management was way ahead of their time!


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Misinformation
Authored by: arrg on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:31 AM EDT
"Linux is open source software, meaning that software developers can freely
modify its code, and is based on the Unix operating system, which had been used
in many large corporate data centers. SCO owns the rights to Unix and collects
licensing fees for it. It also has collected licenses from some companies that
use Linux."

Doesn't that equal misinformation? It seems to me that people just write
anything and never check the facts. I'm starting to have doubts about everything
I read these days.

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Groklaw = aarrrgggg SCO is driving me crazy...
Battlezone II = Just Run over by tank.. or what will happen to SCO in court

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Image of bert Young
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:35 AM EDT
There is an image in the bottom of the article located here

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OT: $6.55 and falling
Authored by: jaydee on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:49 AM EDT
I think CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) now suggests rather to much
control.

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:51 AM EDT
Look at insider trading for Robert Bench. He's been dumping from what I say from
Netscape. Any further information.


Lauging in Virginia

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Driving efficiencies...
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 11:51 AM EDT
The report says this...

We look forward to Bert's contributions in helping drive additional efficiencies in our company operations...

Many IT managers would rather crawl naked over a nest of fire ants than buy an SCO product. Even managers without any particular opinion on whether SCO is right or wrong would wonder how long SCO is going to stay in business, and thus hesitate to buy their products.

It seems to me, then, that their traditional business is dead in the water. The obvious thing to do is go into "harvest mode" - that is, scale back new development, since there will be no market for it, and concentrate on generating cash from their existing contracts (which is now badly needed for litigation).

Is firing all of their developeres what they mean by driving "additional efficiencies"?

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Forbes doesn't care about its credibility
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:02 PM EDT
I guess I don't understand the new ethics these days.

"Analysts" like Skiba, Didiot and Enderle deliberately distort truth.
And Forbes.

I've never understood anyone who would be willing to sell out their
credibility.


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Chess Game
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:02 PM EDT
This whole situation reminds me of a chess game with the stock price as a
barometer of who's winning. At first it's easy to make moves that look good;
file lawsuits, issue press releases, hire lawyers. Pawns moved forward.

But they're in the mid game now and that's when some of the ranking pieces start
falling. The stock price has been sliding since January and has been losing 7+%
each the past few days. Time to put on a good show and move out one of the
bishops for sacrifice. They're getting a little bump out of it.

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  • Chess Game - Authored by: Nivuahc on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:26 PM EDT
    • Chess Game - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 22 2004 @ 03:08 PM EDT
OT: The End of SCO?
Authored by: meat straw on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:03 PM EDT
Eweek.com's Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has written an article that describes not only the imminent collapse of SCOG's legal actions, but perhaps the entire company as well: "This could be the beginning of the end of SCO vs. Linux. Heck, it could be the end of SCO."

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Chill out
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:05 PM EDT
I don't know Bert Young from a hole in the ground.
I suspect the posters here don't either.

Rather than tarring him with a bunch of indirect innuendo
(Oh look, he worked at a company where some bad folks did some bad things. He
must be bad.)

I'll bet he even lives near IBM! (that was a joke for the humour impaired).

Why not wait till he does something stupid, and then eviscerate him!

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:05 PM EDT
"SCO owns the rights to Unix and collects licensing fees for it. It also
has collected licenses from some companies that use Linux."

Let count on my hand how many licensees. One, two, three... Gee, I can count.

Maybe they should try to sell on E-Bay! In any regard, I would buy a
Commodore-64 before I would buy a SCO license.

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Bert Young
Authored by: dmscvc123 on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:08 PM EDT
As far as I can tell he's half-decent in the work he's done so far (I don't
think guilt-by-association should be done with this guy working for Waste
Management any more than it should be done to former employees of Enron or
Arthur Andersen unless there is additional evidence showing the employee had
some degree of complicity), so I don't see why he'd risk his reputation when the
company is about to tank. I can see why SCO would want him. Here's an article he
co-wrote on software licensing:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-1012590.html?tag=fdfeed

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Donations needed for Groklaw Please
Authored by: brenda banks on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:10 PM EDT
Frank says the court cost for latest items could run $300 to $400 so if we are
to get them we need donations the copy costs can get very expensive but if we
are to see them we need to have the money for them.so donate to groklaw so PJ
can reimburse Frank for them.Please

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"sco's proof of one million lines of code are just as believable as the
raelians proof of the cloned baby"

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Steve Martin on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:13 PM EDT

The Street seems to be reacting to this, the stock is at 6.55 at 12:10 PM EDT, which is lower than it's been since June 4th of 2003.

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"When I say something, I put my name next to it." -- Isaac Jaffee, "Sports Night"

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SCOG has STOPPED claiming they own UNIX
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:16 PM EDT
In the SCOG press release (not the second one, which is a report) the usual
"owner of UNIX" guff is conspicuous by its absence. It's also missing
from www.sco.com as of today (and maybe earlier). Someone must have got to
them.

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OT: Interesting Enron reference
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:16 PM EDT
Here's an interesting column about SCO. Analysts are starting to get the right idea. One of the better parts is the comparison of SCO's recent behavior to that of Enron in the days that lead up to its demise.

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PJ, THIS SHOULD BE DELETED
Authored by: Steve Martin on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:24 PM EDT

P.J.:

The above message containing a verbatim copy of a document from the SCO Web site should be deleted, as it violates SCO's terms listed on SCO's "Legal" page:

Permission to copy, view and print SCO documents available from the World Wide Web is authorized provided that:
  • it is used for non-commercial and informational purposes;
  • it is not modified; and
  • the above copyright notice and this permission notice is contained in each SCO Document.
(Emphasis added)

This document as posted here does not meet the third criterion.

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SCO Technology Breakthrough
Authored by: kawabago on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:26 PM EDT
In technology breakthrough SCO brings IN garbage!


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OT: More from red floyd's musical parody pen
Authored by: red floyd on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:39 PM EDT
People try to put Darl down
(talkin' 'bout my litigation)
Just because he acts like a clown
(talkin' 'bout my litigation)
No NDA, we won't show no c-code
(talkin' 'bout my litigation)
You Linux geeks just hit the road
(talkin' 'bout my litigation)

My litigation! My litigation baby...

Why don't we just FUD away
(talkin' 'bout my litigation)
Don't nitpick what we all s-say
(talkin' 'bout my litigation)
Sued IBM, DC, AZ too...
(talkin' 'bout my litigation)
Better watch out or we'll sue you
(talkin' 'bout my litigation)


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The Newest SCO missive - note "Linux Loyalists Leery" link!
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 12:57 PM EDT
Wow. SCO and DefCon in Vegas at the same time. I predict a "we were
attacked by evil Hax0rs again press release".

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 01:00 PM EDT
I guess the F stands for Fall-guy.

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Can't escape responsibility
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 01:04 PM EDT
Just because he's retired doesn't mean the feds can't go after him (remember
Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay from Enron). He'll most likely try to launder the
money he has by passing it in name to his wife and children--may be a good move,
as he'll be in the slammer for awhile....

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 01:05 PM EDT
It is said that even the rats desert a sinking ship. I don't know if Mr. Bench is a good guy caught up in someone else's scam, and doing the sensible and honourable thing by getting out, or a rat, but we will give him the benefit of the doubt unless proven otherwise.

Just wait for the Chief McRat to leave, real soon now, with a bunch of lawyers in hot pursuit...... That will be about a nanosecond before the stock price takes its final plunge.

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 01:07 PM EDT
<i>By the way, Forbes is running a poll on Linux</i>
<pre>
In fact te results are:
67% says in fact they likely to use more Linux
20% No impact
2% Windows only
2% Use Macs
1% Don't now..


'To late those damn'd linux zealots riged the pole'

nah what ever....
</pre>

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And I lived within 3 miles of a WMI landfill
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 01:34 PM EDT
In this article are the crimes of Waste Management.
http://www.ebic.org/pubs/wmx.html
And in that article it mentions New Haven, IN. Well, I lived within 3 miles of
that landfill which is on Adams Center road (the site included chemical wastes
from other states!) I remember the political battle that ensued when New Haven
residents tried (desparately) to get WMI out of town. At least Indiana's EPA
refused their expansion! It's amazing this "company" is still in
business!

Well, we know a lot about SCO's new CFO!!! And what that says about Darl
McBride! "Birds of a feather...."

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Hmm, Arthur Anderson, AGAIN!!
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 01:40 PM EDT
SCO's new CFO comes from WMI, who has been audited by Arthur Anderson. Remember
Enron?? That was also Arthur Anderson! Looks like that accounting firm is tied
to the mob as well!

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SCO Stock is down to $6.60
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 01:44 PM EDT
at the moment this comment is posted

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Bert Young, CFO
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 02:08 PM EDT
Seems Bert was at Waste Management right around the time they, gasp, were forced
to restate their earnings way, way, way down. What's more, this action brought
on a slew of shareholder lawsuits.

Looks like SCO went for someone with relevant experience on this personnel
decision.

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Yellow Dog's marketing department needs to work harder
Authored by: superluser on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 02:10 PM EDT
At the Forbes poll, option six reads:

We use Macs, so for us the issue is moot.

Huh? Somebody better tell Yellow Dog.

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Whittman-Hart == marchFIRST
Authored by: AllanKim on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 02:21 PM EDT
Am I the only one who remembers Whittman-Hart as the company that acquired
USWeb/CKS and formed that notorious, typographically challenged, dot-bomb
casualty, marchFIRST?

Divine bought the smoldering remnants of Whittman-Hart, then sold them to the
original company's founder. The company's well-laundered official history can be
found here:

http://www.whittmanhart.com/about/history.html

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: blacklight on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 04:10 PM EDT
" Mr. Young will contribute in helping SCO drive additional efficiencies in its operations and SCO's belief that the changes in senior management responsibilities will:

(1) allow significant focus on efficient internal operations [Translation: SCOG will have to cut back on its internal ops to to the point where they fit the space of a boiler room operation],

(2)development of its current product lines [Translation: SCOG expects miracles from that one Indian programmer in India that they were advertising for, and SCOG has no plans to stop pimping off samba and apache] and

(3) the addition of technologies and products through acquisition [Translation: I presume acquisition, as in acquisition by stealing] and

(4) partnering" [Translation: "all 1's" casting call for suckers]

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Robert Bench Replaced as CFO, To Retire in 6 Months
Authored by: Asynchronous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 05:33 PM EDT
They still have employees? Must #### to be them.

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can they say that?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 06:13 PM EDT
In the press announcement, they say they are a leading supplier of Unix Systems.
Are they? Based on their revenue? Aren't IBM, Sun and HP leading suppliers?
What does it take to be able to say 'leading' in a press release? Isn't this a
quasi legal document? If they are in last place of those offering Unix Systems,
how are they a leader?

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Holy 10K Batman, Bert Young = Robin
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 10:05 PM EDT
Didn't Burt Young play Robin in the Batman TV series with Adam West as Batman?

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This jumped out at me as I read it
Authored by: Night Flyer on Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 10:58 PM EDT
"SCO owns the rights to Unix and collects licensing fees for it."

I am reading "owns the rights to Unix" as different from what SCO used
to say "SCO is the owner of the UNIX® Operating System".

I am interpreting this as significantly different in a legal sense. (Maybe
related to current court cases and coming invester lawsuits?)

I would like an opinion: Is this is as significant a change as I think it is?
Is SCO changing the words because it is starting to believe it won't win the
Novell suit?

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Bert Young was CFO for LANDesk
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 22 2004 @ 09:02 AM EDT
Why didn't SCO mention that Mr. Young comes most recently from LANDesk? Or Talk2
Technologies where he had experience turning VC investments into cash flow?

According to Google's cache of LANDesk's bio on Mr. Young
(http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:5Tlf0ErjR9gJ:www.landesk.com/corporate/com
pany_profile/executives/bert_young.php+%22bert+young%22+%22waste+management%22+&
amp;hl=en)

"Bert Young
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
LANDesk Software


Bert Young is the chief financial officer of LANDesk Software, Inc., with
accountability for all financial management and reporting on behalf of LANDesk
customers, shareholders and employees. Young's background includes financial
responsibility for both private and public companies, as well as major
acquisitions and mergers and the securing of investment capital.

Most recently, Young was CFO for Talk2 Technology, Inc., two fast-growing
technology start-up companies where Young was responsible for, among other
things, turning venture capital into positive cash flow, managing steep growth
curves and satisfying auditors. Prior to that, Young was CFO for Whittman-Hart,
where he oversaw the $7 billion merger between Whitman-Hart and USWeb/CKS that
led to the formation of marchFIRST, a company with over 9,000 employees in 70
offices in 14 different countries. Young directed the integration of the two
companies' financial and accounting systems.

Young has served as CIO for Chicago-based Waste Management, Inc., and spent
three years in London as senior director of information systems for Waste
Management International. He is the current chair of the Board of Directors of
Project Concern International, a San Diego, CA-based charity focused on saving
the lives of children by preventing disease and providing clean water and
nutritious food; it currently has projects in 12 countries on five continents.
Young holds a B.S. in Accounting from Utah State University.
"

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WMI
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 23 2004 @ 02:47 PM EDT
I used to have a shop that used WMI for garbage collection. When I closed the
shop down, they stopped pick-up 6 weeks earlier than they were supposed to,
creating much larger than expected dump-runs, yet they continued to bill me for
2 months after the shop was closed. When I disputed the charges, they said OK,
we have issued a credit, then referred the account to a collection agency.

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