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Co$ wouldn't have to lawyer up, they aren't involved. Forcing the practice of Scientology at work is against California law. But Scientology didn't do it, DisKeeper did.

Exactly, the person responsible will take the fall, resign from his position in WISE and give a load of money to the Church of Scientology, and then he'll find a different way to get new members and be right back in the Church's arms probably.

No surprise there. Neopets is a member of WISE, the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises. Naturally they're going to follow L. Ron Hubbard's game plan which is to be obnoxious fsckheads making baseless threats using lawyers. (They're also marketing survey spammers as the Dohring group.)

The original story on c't can be found here, mentioning the ongoing legal problems in Germany as well as the Hamburg opening. Executive Software is a member of the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises. Of course they believe that their way is the best: what group doesn't? The group's methods allow only members who follow their business philosophy, which is based on what they called Hubbard's 'religious' texts. Their purpose is to spread the use of their business practices/religious beliefs; hence their licensing of WISE consultants, who must be approved by the organization.

The homepage of their CEO says about as much; that his method of practicing business is to incorporate Scientology. Thus, anyone working for him must also use the same beliefs and methods.

Does this satisfy? Theres also this place, but I recognize a serious logical flaw in taking your evidence from a vehemently anti-scientologist source; let them hang themselves by their own words.

The original story on c't can be found here, mentioning the ongoing legal problems in Germany as well as the Hamburg opening. Executive Software is a member of the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises. Of course they believe that their way is the best: what group doesn't? The group's methods allow only members who follow their business philosophy, which is based on what they called Hubbard's 'religious' texts. Their purpose is to spread the use of their business practices/religious beliefs; hence their licensing of WISE consultants, who must be approved by the organization.

The homepage of their CEO says about as much; that his method of practicing business is to incorporate Scientology. Thus, anyone working for him must also use the same beliefs and methods.

Does this satisfy? Theres also this place, but I recognize a serious logical flaw in taking your evidence from a vehemently anti-scientologist source; let them hang themselves by their own words.

• The CEO of Executive Software, Craig Jensen, is an operating Thetan at level VIII (OT VIII), the highest level scientologists can achieve currently.
• Executive Software Inc. is a member of the Scientology umbrella organization WISE (World Institute of Scientology Enterprises).
• Guideline 1 of WISE says to "utilize the administrative technology in every business of the world". WISE further demands: "Conquer the key positions, the position [...] as companies' director of human resources, [...] as secretary of the director, [...]. The manufacturing plants, the trade centers, the counties, these are the places where we want trained scientologists."
• Scientology wants to extend the administration technologies in its enterprises, resulting in a total control of the employees, to government and society as well. Scientology engages espionage to systematically gather information about enemies and uses psychological intimidation. For this the organization is operating its own secret service called Office for Special Affairs (OSA).
• According to the Stuttgarter Nachrichten (German newspaper) strictly confidential material of the State Department ended up in the OSA headquarter in Los Angeles. At the end of 1997 the Foreign Office had created an internal strategy paper that investigated "Scientology Under the Aspect of German-American Relations". The State Department brought in the Federal Intelligence Agency to identify the mole. So far without any success.

Executive Software is not only run by a Scientologist; it is a member of WISE, the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises. WISE member corporations are operated for the benefit of the Church of Scientology, even though the CoS is supposedly a "nonprofit religious organization" and the WISE orgs are for-profit corporations.

Take a moment from your drop-of-a-hat Microsoft hatred to actually read the article. The issue at hand is that the Scientology 'church' operates a suspected intelligence organization (WISE) that the German government does not want to risk contaminationg German affairs. It's not about Microsoft hatred. It's about paranoia.