[ale] It might be too late to sell your SCOX stock

Bob Toxen transam at verysecurelinux.com
Mon Sep 17 14:14:52 EDT 2007


Let us hope that SCO's demise (even if it survives, its officers
may not) will scare away others considering destroying
Open Source and Unix/Linux through underhanded legal attacks.

Bob Toxen
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 12:41:50PM -0400, William Fragakis wrote:
> OTOH, if memory serves correctly, Eastern, Pan Am, TWA, Braniff all
> filed Chapter 11, too. Sometimes, Chapter 11 allows for a genuine
> restructuring. Other times, it postpones the inevitable and isn't much
> more than wishful thinking, especially when the underlying business
> model doesn't work.
> 
> One might be tempted to say that SCO's primary business model evaporated
> in court.
> 
> regards,
> William
> 
> On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 10:45 -0400, Jeff Lightner wrote:
> > Guess again - Chapter 11 is "reorganization" not "liquidation" meaning
> > SCO still expects to be around but wants protection from creditors while
> > it reorganizes.   
> > 
> > The biggest recent local example of a successful emergence from Chapter
> > 11 is Delta Airlines.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> > James P. Kinney III
> > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 10:19 AM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [ale] It might be too late to sell your SCOX stock
> > 
> > ...not with a bang but a whimper... Couldn't happen to a more deserving
> > board of directors.
> > 
> > Nice to see SGI has recovered from their $0.03/share in 2006 back up to
> > $21.
> > 
> > At the moment, SCOX is $0.25 
> > 
> > Sounds like rushing wind from a falling body...
> > 
> > On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 10:04 -0400, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> > > SCO filed for  Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday afternoon.
> > > 
> > > I'm so sorry to see this drama wind down to its inevitable conclusion.
> > > 
> > > SCOX:0.37
> > > 
> > > -- CHS
> > > 
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