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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>“win/win” - No doubt means
Windows wins if they can make this work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The funny thing is what he says lasts “</span></font>I
will take the necessary actions to protect the interests of all SCO estate
stakeholders.”<font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Does that mean he’s likely to sue
SCO to protect SCO?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Charles Shapiro<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 21, 2009
9:52 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta
Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] SCO fires CEO
Darl McBride,architect of litigation strategy</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Oh this is priceless. The man **still** has dreams of Billions getting
us to pay to use linux. After getting Fired, he wrote a letter to the current
SCO Chapter 11 trustee (that's the guy who fired him). Here's an excerpt from
groklaw:<br>
<br>
**<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SCO's
expert witnesses have given strong support of SCO's claims that the Linux
operating environment has misused SCO intellectual property. There are over
20,000,000 Linux servers worldwide that SCO now has the opportunity to provide
licensing support. SCO's license price for its IP is $699. The total market
opportunity for this licensing program worldwide is $14 Billion dollars. A
quick, cheap settlement with IBM would totally bury this significant financial
opportunity for SCO. [Remainder of paragraph redacted for confidential
information].<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Options <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Where do
we go from here? While I obviously disagree on some key decisions that your
office has taken in the SCO case, I believe that there is an opportunity for a
win/win from where we currently stand. It has to do with the SCOsource
licensing program. I believe that the value that I provide to SCO as CEO is
significant. I believe that my $127/hr rate is, at a minimum, more valuable to
SCO than the $500/hr that the bean counters at OPA [Ocean Park Associates] are billing
SCO. But, if you disagree with me and feel that I should step down as CEO, then
I would propose that you shift my role to be the senior licensing executive
over the SCOsource program. I would agree to a comp plan that would be heavy on
performance incentives and much lower on base salary. I also know without a
doubt that I can help you raise capital into SCO given the recent positive 10th
Circuit ruling. This could be a side project. The million or so dollars that
you want Ralph Yarro [former chairman of SCO] and other shareholders to
contribute in the form of a DIP [debtor-in-possession] loan may pay Blank
Rome/OPA fees but it's not going to solve the broader issue of ensuring that
creditors are paid in full and allowing the SCO cases to go to trial. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In the
final analysis, if you believe that you want to go at the SCO battle alone
without my services at all, then I will take the necessary actions to protect
the interests of all SCO estate stakeholders. Those interests don't include
winding the company down and settling the legal cases for pennies on the dollar
for what they are worth. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-- CHS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Chuck Payne <<a
href="mailto:terrorpup@gmail.com">terrorpup@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at
4:53 PM, aaron <<a href="mailto:aaron@pd.org">aaron@pd.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On 2009, Oct, 19, , at 1:19 PM, Jon Reagan wrote:<br>
><br>
>> LOL that's good news. Of course, this doesn't surprise me:<br>
>><br>
>> "In a statement issued by SCO's new leadership, the company
indicates<br>
>> that it plans to continue its litigation efforts and will move forward<br>
>> with the appeals process."<br>
>><br>
>> Jon<br>
><br>
> Of course they haven't learned. They're TROLLS. :-)<br>
><br>
> It doesn't really matter though, because the courts are fed up<br>
> with their frivolous abuses of our legal system as well. The<br>
> closing lines of the article are my favorite. The bankruptcy<br>
> judge's commentary on the way SCO keeps stabbing at windmills<br>
> pretty much says it all:<br>
><br>
> ===<br>
><br>
> "The courts are also growing impatient with the company's antics.<br>
> Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross blocked SCO's last attempted asset<br>
> sale and remarked in his ruling that the company's hopes for<br>
> litigation success were like a bad remix of Waiting for Godot.<br>
> Now that Darl has been axed, one wonders how long the rest of<br>
> the company will continue its struggle for survival."<br>
><br>
> ==<br>
><br>
> The trolls of Tolkien mythology turn to stone when exposed<br>
> to sunlight. McBride and his brainless SCO cohorts clearly<br>
> need to be exposed for the stone cold criminals that they<br>
> are.<br>
><br>
> peace<br>
> aaron<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Jim Kinney <<a
href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>> ROFLMFAO<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Jim Popovitch <<a
href="mailto:jimpop@gmail.com">jimpop@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>> SCO fires CEO Darl McBride, architect of litigation strategy:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/10/sco-fires-ceo-"
target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/10/sco-fires-ceo-</a><br>
>>>> darl-mcbride-architect-of-litigation-strategy.ars<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> -Jim P.<br>
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>>><br>
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12.0pt'>Here I been thinking that SCO was dead and gone. God, this is worse<br>
that than any bad B-Movie Villian, I rank SCO up there with Jason,<br>
Freddy, and Michael. You know another film is going to come out, and<br>
worse than the last.<br>
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