SCO Terminates Darl McBride

bpechter writes "Linux Today reports SCO has terminated Darl McBride and linked to the SCO 8K SEC report. The report found also at the SCO site and states: 'the Company has eliminated the Chief Executive Officer and President positions and consequently terminated Darl McBride.'"

Comments

Big deal

[Bruce Perens]

The guy gave us grief for years and no doubt socked away millions on what he got from kiting their stock. He and Ralph Yarro (the owner) get away scott free, and let's not forget that besides the money there are the two suicides connected with this case: Val Kreidl Noorda and Rob Penrose.

Re:Big deal

[spun]

Oh, Bruce. Vicious, semi-legal, fraudulent, knock down drag out competition is the cornerstone of capitalism. Why, if CEOs do not try every ruthless, amoral strategy they can think up, they aren't competing. Without competition, the fat lazy companies take over the business ecosystem. If companies did not try to take advantage of every customer, supplier, and worker, those customers, suppliers, and workers would take advantage of them, or worse yet, everyone would get a fair deal. And if everyone got a fair deal, the strong would not succeed and the weak would not fail, and that would weaken the gene pool.

See, by relentlessly screwing us over, people like Darrell are improving the species.

Re:Big deal

[QuantumRiff]

Bank Of America seems to have an opening for a CEO that likes to really mess up the company they run. Darl would be perfect!

Re:Big deal

[ConceptJunkie]

Those two things are not mutually exclusive. If I had a child who committed suicide, I'd be disinclined to share that information.

Regarding suicide being a sin, it's a touchy subject though because many, if not most, people who commit suicide are mentally ill or are suffering from other mitigating circumstances. I can't speak for Mormon theology, but as a Catholic, we can pray for the repose of that person's soul. We cannot and do not judge the disposition of that person's soul. Personally, I trust in the mercy of God and that whatever He does is just. There's not much else you can do.

Re:Big deal

[spun]

Vicious, semi-legal, fraudulent, knock down drag out competition is the cornerstone of capitalism.

Not if you want to stay in business for the long haul.

How did this not get a single flame mod?

Because everyone knows I'm right. Show me one business that has been around 'for the long haul' that does not have at least one black mark of this type on it's record, and I'll back down.

People are sick and tired of this kind of capitalism. They see it on Wall Street every day. They see it destroying America, and they hate it. So no, nobody feels like I'm flaming anything. Just telling the hard truth. Most Americans are moral people. Most CEOs aren't, and people are tired of Wall Street Fat Cats getting respect they don't deserve.

I'm not badmouthing capitalism in general here, just the utter lack of morals it encourages. Amoral behavior is not okay, and America will no longer accept it from our business leaders.

Re:Big deal

[dissy]

America will no longer accept it from our business leaders.

For how long?

Until the next season of TV starts up in about a month :{

Re:Big deal

[spun]

America will no longer accept it from our business leaders.

For how long?

How long does it take a generation to forget a major recession? Five years? Ten?

How long did it take to make it okay to say, 'greed is good,' in public? Back in the 50s and 60s, it was not okay to say that. CEOs and other corporate fat cats could not flaunt their amorality. They had to at least pay lip service to being good community members.

If I recall, greed started being 'good' in the eighties, at least according to Gordon Gekko. I don't think the majority of people think it is anymore. Maybe we can hold better values than greed in high esteem again, things like cooperation, fairness, reciprocity, service, and selflessness.

Maybe we shouldn't be playing the sociopath's game if we aren't sociopaths. They will always win that game.

Re:Big deal

[Bruce Perens]

It was only a decade between Michael Milken and Enron. And look how many kudos Milken gets for his philantrophy these days. 6 months in jail and they didn't take his money away.

TERMINATION

[gbarules2999]

He'll be back.

Re:Did the Gun Help?

[s-whs]

> "An armed body guard protected him at Harvard Law School when he gave a speech last month."

> So, did he ever get use that gun against the people who terminated him, I wonder?

I wonder more why anyone at Harvard law school would invite, and even listen to him?

Yes, it is of course just part of the wonders of modern society, where a sociopath can keep on messing up society via influential positions he gets via friends (i.e. fellow sociopaths). Isn't it great?

Re:See ya!

[MightyMartian]

Don't let the door hit you in the ass!

I think they've already sold the door.

Sucka

He's received millions in compensation during this whole pump-and-dump scam. I'm sure he's crying all the way to the bank.

Re:Did the Gun Help?

[Nursie]

He tried to appropriate the hard work of the community, scam people and organisations out of protection^H^H^H^H license money and sully the name of FOSS in general. All the while raking in money hand over fist and obstructing the legal process at every turn.

I very much doubt he needs to fear for his own safety, but yes, he is actually a first degree asshole.

Re:See ya!

[oldspewey]

Guys like this always pop up again somewhere. We have not seen the last of Darl McBride's assholery ... not by a long shot.

Re:Did the Gun Help?

[TheRaven64]

For all everyone's complaining here, did he really do anything that negatively impacted your lives?

No, but neither did any of those involved in the Rwandan genocide. One of the things about being a part of a society is that you are allowed to care about things that don't directly affect you personally.

Re:The Church and suicide

[Archangel Michael]

Sad. But too often true. All one needs to do is read the book of Job (the one in the Bible, not Apple CEO), to see this.

As a congregational leader, it is tempting to sit in judgment when bad things happen to good people. It is also easy to marvel when good things happen to bad people.

However, I teach that these things are as much a test of character as anything. I'm not one who can judge another, because simply it is not my job description.

As tempting as it may seem, we should instead focus on what we can do with what we have, to build up and bless(Order, Peace, Joy) this world we live in; leaving it better than when we found it.

But hey, what do I know? I'm a wacko religious nutcase. ;)

Exactly right.

[NoYob]

Guys like this always pop up again somewhere. We have not seen the last of Darl McBride's assholery ... not by a long shot.

He has CEO on his resume and I'm sure there are some "benchmarks" that he hit as part of his contract; meaning, he was a good CEO by those people's definition. He'll get another job somewhere.

It must be nice being at the top.