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SCO's Next Financial Results and Conference Call April 13
Friday, April 08 2005 @ 12:48 AM EDT

Let's synchronize our watches. Wednesday, April 13 at 5 PM EDT SCO will tell us how they're doing financially. They'll announce their first quarter results, for the fiscal quarter ending 1/31/05 and hold a conference call. Here's their press release.

Perhaps they'll have all their paperwork filed with the SEC by then, because they still have not filed that 10Q, according the www.sec.gov, at least not that I could find, and one wonders how long you get to wait before you file a late 10Q after a delisting notice. Such questions are what a conference call should be able to answer. That's if SCO deigns to call on anybody likely to ask a real question this time.

As we told you already, they filed their tardy 10K and the 10Q for the period ended January 31, 2004 on April 1. They also filed a 10Q for the period ended July 31, 2004 and a 10Q for the period ending April 30, 2004.

Here's the press release, with info on how to listen in.

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Press Release

Source: The SCO Group, Inc.

The SCO Group to Release First Quarter Financial Results and Host Conference Call After Close of Market on April 13

Thursday April 7, 11:47 am ET

LINDON, Utah, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOXE -News) announced today it will release its financial results, for the fiscal first quarter ended on January 31, 2005, after the close of the market, on Wednesday, April 13, 2005.

In conjunction with the release, the company will also host a conference call that same day at 5:00 p.m. (EDT) or 3:00 p.m. (MDT) to discuss the Company's results.

WHAT: The SCO Group, Inc. First Quarter 2005 Financial Results Conference Call

WHEN: Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 5:00 p.m. (EDT), or 3:00 p.m. (MDT).

HOW: If you would like to participate in the live call you may dial (800) 818-5264 or (913) 981-4910; confirmation code: 4288994.

You may also join the call in listen-only mode via Web cast. The URL is listed at http://ir.sco.com/medialist.cfm.

About SCO

The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOXE - News) helps millions of customers to grow their businesses everyday. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 10,000 resellers and 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. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.

  


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Corrections here
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 12:57 AM EDT
you know the drill

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OT Here
Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 01:12 AM EDT
Please post in HTML format.

Example: <a href="www.example.com">example link</a>

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SCO's Next Financial Results and Conference Call April 13
Authored by: inode_buddha on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 01:19 AM EDT
I notice that the time given is after the market close. The Yahoo SCOXE stock
board should be a lot of fun that evening...

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we are referring to freedom, not price"
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SCO's Next Financial Results and Conference Call April 13
Authored by: bbaston on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 01:48 AM EDT
Note how the press release self description (over time) is paralleling their
falling hopes. Hard to do, but I'm trying to feel a little pity for Darl McBride
tonight. What a reflection on our cratering society?

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Spin The Disc!
Authored by: TheBlueSkyRanger on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 03:06 AM EDT
Hey, everybody!

Oh, I don't want to miss this. Although it does conflict with my work
schedule.

I recall that there is software that will enable my computer to record streaming
audio. Does anyone have any recommendations? Linux or Windoze, either or.

Dobre utka,
The Blue Sky Ranger

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Always thinking about the efects
Authored by: bstone on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 03:18 AM EDT
Good thing they're making sure to wait until after markets close to announce
their results. We want to give the nation time to analyze it overnight before
some dire effect on the economy. After all, today almost 4,000 shares traded at
somewhere near $3.50. That's almost the same effect as someone buying a
subcompact car somewhere.

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Bait and Switch Question?
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 03:26 AM EDT
Excuse my ignorance of these conference calls, but what's to stop someone
submitting a patsy question (the slow pitch type that the execs look forward to
socking out of the park) and then if called on to ask it, substituting a more
interesting one? I guess if it was a regular analyst, then he/she would be
passed over at other C.C.s.

[This technique made the mock Interviewer Dennis Pennis some amusing T.V. in the
U.K., but led to other interviewers elbowing him back at red carpet events as
Celebrities began to shun press calls in case he was there]

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"We are a party to certain other legal proceedings ..."
Authored by: ak on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 03:59 AM EDT
In the recent (late) 10-K document The SCO Group Inc. states this on page 14:
We are a party to certain other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business including legal proceedings arising from our SCOsource initiatives. We believe, after consultation with legal counsel, that the ultimate outcome of such legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.
Those who participate in the conference should ask for further details. They might get a reply which they do not expect.

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Massive redundency?
Authored by: soronlin on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 06:52 AM EDT
SCO have lost 5,000 resellers and developers since their last press release,
down from 15,000 to 10,000. That's a third of their reseller/developer
relationships. Of course it could mean that, on average, UNIX resellers have had
to lay off 1/3 of their staff, but that's a bit unlikely.

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Conference call questions
Authored by: fudisbad on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 07:42 AM EDT
A few suggestions for questions if any of us gets through. Make sure they answer the questions truthfully and thoroughly.
  1. How close is SCO to bankruptcy?
  2. Can SCO prove that there is unauthorized derivative code in Linux? Prove it (if given answer is yes). (Mention Judge Kimball's CC10 PSJ quote, the two paragraphs under the heading "Discussion", the "Netherless, despite the vast disparity..." one.) What happened to the "millions of lines of code"?
  3. How are you going to win your court cases? What is your plan for the future? (Step by step would be appreciated. The more detail, the funnier it gets.)
  4. How are you going to pay for the code analysis - the stuff you are going to get pursuant to Judge Wells' Jan 18 order? (The fee cap does not cover for outside expert analysis.)
  5. Why have there been upticks in your stock price just before bad news is announced? (Mention manipulation as a possibility.)
  6. Where's the 10-Q? In Blepp's briefcase?
  7. (if the NASD delists by 13 April) What do you have to say about the delisting?

I bet there is more, but they'll probably time us out after the we ask the first two. Does anyone have any better suggestions?

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Darl McBride, file your 10-Q!

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Glaring Omission?
Authored by: joef on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 09:21 AM EDT
I note that the SCO PR document did not contain the usual blurb about owning
Unix; indeed, it does not reference Unix in any manner.

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Can anyone really participate live?
Authored by: clark_kent on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 01:17 PM EDT
Or do you have to be a special someone? Hopefully someone like Pamela Jones,
Bill Gates, or Linus Torvalds will call in...

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SCO junk mail, and OS6 feature set
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 08 2005 @ 08:05 PM EDT
Rather unfortunately I get junk mail from SCO. This latest mailing I found interesting, however, because they refer to several "new" enterprise class features in OpenServer6, which I gather did not exist before, and which generally have existed in GNU/Linux systems for awhile. No I am not suggesting they are copying, though I do not dismiss the possibility, but rather am pointing out that rather than SCO's Unix having some magical enterprise features which GNU/Linux lacked, it is often the other way around. The features that caught my eye in this respect are ADDITION of "large file support" and "multi-threading".

Execuse me, it's 2005. These are only now being added and hence presumably non-existent in their previous product offerings? Then how could GNU/Linux have some aquired them from SCO in 2000?

But perhaps there are other golden nuggets in this, so I will be happy to share it if PJ thinks I can, or at least in a radicated form, as it seems they wanted to tell me all kinds of pricing information, contact phone numbers, and other things I really did not wish to know either. It's bad enough when I get unsolicited and unwanted email from Microsoft, but for SCO to do this, well let me retch. I dont know how I ever got opted in, but they had an opt out thing before, too, and simply ignored it before.

Here is the relevent excerpt:

Momentum is beginning to build with the anticipated release of SCO OpenServer Release 6. The beta period continues and reports coming back give excellent reviews to the new capabilities of this major release including the phenomenal speed of existing applications, the multi-threading and large file support enabling it to support modern applications and many other features. The first customer ship date is anticipated to be in the latter half of Q2.

That was the part that made me think, wow, how do they claim features in GNU/Linux were copied from features they themselves didn't have until recently, or lacked enterprise features they did not have but GNU/Linux has had for awhile, but that is an old story...

Appearently they are having some sort of release party in NYC for their OS6 launch, and are "threatening" to have yet another SCOForum this summer in Vegas; makes perfect sence for the gamblers they are...

There are some other companies that would or should probably be embarresed to be associated with them shilling some products I am also uninterested in. Nothing else really looked as amusing...

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