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Half of SCO's Accountants Quit

Posted by Zonk on from the rats-know-when-to-leave-a-ship dept.

Groklaw Reader writes "Apparently, SCO's lawyers were working overtime last Sunday, because they wrote a quick plea to the bankruptcy court for permission to hire accounting temps. Why? Approximately half of SCO's finance department has resigned or been fired. Two who resigned had over ten years of experience each. One can only assume that they know what's about to happen to SCO."

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  1. Almost done. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good!

    Half the accountants? How about some of the lawyers too?

    I guess the rats are leaving the ship.

    1. Re:Almost done. by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 5, Funny

      Lawyers? Not yet. Lawyers leave after the rats. ( Some things, even rats won't do. )

  2. Re:Crumble Crumble.... by Daimanta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once they hit chapter 7, as the money runs out, the court will dismember them. Ouch, please remember me never to get bankrupt.
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  3. Re:What about the other half? by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously, what about the other half? Do they have some sort of personal reality distortion field?

    They've either got iron-clad guarantee of compensation or they are afraid to leave, go look for another job, what have you.

    Ultimately they will all likely find things do not work out and that Bob is indeed not their uncle.

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  4. Pessimist. by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Darl can totally turn this thing around. Just you watch. It's just another minor setback. They'll be vindicated - just you see. Soon as they get over this small bump, they'll start raking in the cash from all those UNIX licenses that they're going to get from every single Linux user out there. Just as soon as...

    Ok, a joke's a joke but I can't type anymore. My fingers started spontaneously bleeding.

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    rediculous.
    1. Re:Pessimist. by Weaselmancer · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dude, this is the best time to get in on it! It can ONLY GO UP!

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      rediculous.
  5. Re:explain please, by AJWM · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just happened to pick up other traits geeks don't seem to have.

    Sanctimoniousness, for one.

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  6. Re:What about the other half? by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Translation: Nearly half resigned, and nearly half were fired.

    They have no one left to cook.

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  7. Re:Can't pay themselves by TheViffer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Suppose they could start paying their employees with stock options ...

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  8. Rats fleeing by jpvlsmv · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remember, the correct response is not "Gee, I bet that's a nice ship now that all the rats have left".

    --Joe

  9. How do we know half the accountants quit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who counted them?

    1. Re:How do we know half the accountants quit? by davester666 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Who counted them?

      The other half, of course!

      However, I would think the number is suspect because only the clueless accountants remain...

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    2. Re:How do we know half the accountants quit? by n3tcat · · Score: 3, Funny

      The half that doesn't think SCO has a probl.... oh I see what you did there.

  10. Re:SCO's assets and ip by shadowbearer · · Score: 4, Funny


      There's probably a good number of chairs.

    SB

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  11. Re:SCO's assets and ip by kisielk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think there's someone in Redmond who's already called dibs on those.

  12. We're getting closer by BanjoBob · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe this image that I saw on Groklaw will be an indication of things to come....

    http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=image&file=Darl.jpg

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  13. Re:Need to accrue Novell payment? by dbIII · · Score: 3, Funny

    which is probably one reason why the company is still grossly overvalued at $4.72M.

    Is that $4.72 Monaco dollars or Moldovian dollars?

  14. Re:SCO's assets and ip by Ziest · · Score: 3, Funny

    What assets and ip?

    The several dozen copies of the Book of Mormon ?

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  15. Re:Crumble Crumble.... by fractoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ouch, please remember me never to get bankrupt. You mean please remind you. Unless you want to be remembered, in the sense of undoing the dismemberment.
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  16. Oblig. Simpsons quote by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    "While we're waiting, help yourself to some more stock options"

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  17. Re:Novell sends in the big guns by chromatic · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's all part of the greater scheme to leave a smoking crater in Utah.

    Sort of a caldera?

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