Screw it. I can't mod this thread anymore so, I might as well post the latest issue of "Darl Spins Bad News"
"The SCO Group Receives From Royal Bank of Canada Notice of Conversion and Transfer of Shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock Friday May 7, 2:00 pm ET
LINDON, Utah, May 7/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions and the owner of the UNIX operating system, received on May 5, 2004 notice that Royal Bank of Canada has elected to convert 10,000 shares of SCO's Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock it currently holds into a total of 740,740 shares of SCO's common stock. The conversion will occur as permitted under SCO's Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights relating to the Series A-1 stock. The Series A-1 stock was purchased at a price of $1,000 per share, and will be converted to common stock based on a conversion price of $13.50 per share.
Additionally, Royal Bank of Canada informed SCO that it has sold 20,000 shares of Series A-1 stock to BayStar Capital II, L.P., which currently also holds shares of Series A-1 stock. After completion of the conversion, Royal Bank of Canada will have no equity interest in SCO other than the shares of common stock it receives from the conversion, and BayStar Capital II, L.P. will be the sole remaining holder of outstanding shares of Series A-1 stock.
About SCO
The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX - News) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses with UNIX business solutions. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to all partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services visit http://www.sco.com.
SCO and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Source: The SCO Group"
Emphasis mine.
Now, if this doesn't have all the characteristics of an open forum press flood, I don't know what does. Thank you, YaHoo Finance! You bought it!
Read the bottom of the "News" item. "Source: The SCO Group"
That's why it began with: "The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions and the owner of the UNIX operating system,....
A 5 year old could tell you this is going to be a complete failure.
Too bad there wasn't a 5 year old on the project team.
Hold it. I thought that may have been funny but, now that I think of it, maybe there should at least been some younger members of the focus groups. NextGen and all that.
These are probably some of the same people who are against herbicides, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, irradiation and the like. Most of them are a little more informed than the average consumer.
Those "jellyfish gene splicing" nuts would scare me though.
The actual numbers are an individual thing. I didn't take this as a "one is better than the other" type of article. In some cases "one is better than the other". It just depends on what you are doing. Which one? That depends on what you need.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE CORPORATE STATES OF AMERICA
"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any file swapping service, FTP site, free software community or project, of whom or which I have heretofore been a user or member; that I will support and defend the Corporatization and intellectual property laws of the Corporate States of America against all competetors, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true patronage and allegiance to the same; that I will bear subpeonas on behalf of the Corporate States when required by the MP/RIAA; that I will perform obedient service in the legal services of the Corporate States when required by the the board of directors; that I will perform work of commercial importance under NYSE direction when required by the board of directors; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental exertion or purpose of contemplation; so help me Wall Street Journal."
Introduction: According to narratives from ancient as well as modern times, bridge trolls take up residence under the bridge of a well-trafficked road and demand payment from any who would pass: 'Your money or your life.' Note that the trolls themselves do not build or maintain the bridges, nor the roads. They merely set up toll booths at the bridges needed by everyone. This is an analogy: the new information highway is an elaborate system of roads. But we mean "roads" in the abstract: spectrum, wires, switches, routers, optical cables, set-top boxes, and the code which is used to transport information packets on their way from origin to destination; the code also labels and structures the messages sent in collections of packets. To convey the wagon or carriage, the carts, and young children across the bridge, the citizens need free passage and security -- protection from trolls and their tolls. What does this mean in the modern context: no tax on identity, privacy, rights, preferences, or sniffed-out-payload-type. Think: TCP/IP, a packet-is-a-packet; end-to-end transport; the middlemen collect no tolls on the use of core technologies; the code and the roads remain open to the public; uninspected and untaxed.
Please let me know what your friend finds out about the "bucketloads of pictures he would like to profit from". I'm in the same position. I have tonnes of images that I would like to do something with. e-mail is rogers.com/webwatcher (structure reversed).
Targeted ads are much better than the broadcast (spam) ads seen everywhere else (even on Slashdot). They are, at least, relevant to the subject that you are searching. That is, unless you are looking for pron, then all bets are off.
Would the originators of a company allow any one particular investor to become a majority owner as a result of an IPO? Would they not reserve a significat number of shares to preclude this from happening?
Answered a question about.net, didn't bitch about it not installing, more about the fact that an attempt to get to the EULA before starting to install anything was unsuccessful.
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Vacuum Cleaners?
Naa... they probably wouldn't suck...
Emphasis mine.
Now, if this doesn't have all the characteristics of an open forum press flood, I don't know what does. Thank you, YaHoo Finance! You bought it!
Read the bottom of the "News" item.
"Source: The SCO Group"
That's why it began with: "The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions and the owner of the UNIX operating system,....
I almost choked when I read the first line.
...yes...?
...and the disks will be partially made of paper
...have Microsoft certify your binary is safe...
When they can ensure theirs is safe, then then they can do mine.
A 5 year old could tell you this is going to be a complete failure.
Too bad there wasn't a 5 year old on the project team.
Hold it. I thought that may have been funny but, now that I think of it, maybe there should at least been some younger members of the focus groups.
NextGen and all that.
Actually, that was the last millenium.
So it's just cross-pollination gone hi-tech.
No, I didn't RTFA
These are probably some of the same people who are against herbicides, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, irradiation and the like. Most of them are a little more informed than the average consumer.
Those "jellyfish gene splicing" nuts would scare me though.
Mmmmmm "genetically engineered food", ghaaa...(_8-(|)
The actual numbers are an individual thing.
I didn't take this as a "one is better than the other" type of article.
In some cases "one is better than the other". It just depends on what you are doing.
Which one?
That depends on what you need.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE
CORPORATE STATES OF AMERICA
"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any file swapping service, FTP site, free software community or project, of whom or which I have heretofore been a user or member; that I will support and defend the Corporatization and intellectual property laws of the Corporate States of America against all competetors, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true patronage and allegiance to the same; that I will bear subpeonas on behalf of the Corporate States when required by the MP/RIAA; that I will perform obedient service in the legal services of the Corporate States when required by the the board of directors; that I will perform work of commercial importance under NYSE direction when required by the board of directors; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental exertion or purpose of contemplation; so help me Wall Street Journal."
Jeff Foxworthy... is that you?
Hmmm.. Breaks, anyone? Even if they aren't in the specs, they might be a good idea.
From:Patents and Open Standards
Introduction: According to narratives from ancient as well as modern times, bridge trolls take up residence under the bridge of a well-trafficked road and demand payment from any who would pass: 'Your money or your life.' Note that the trolls themselves do not build or maintain the bridges, nor the roads. They merely set up toll booths at the bridges needed by everyone. This is an analogy: the new information highway is an elaborate system of roads. But we mean "roads" in the abstract: spectrum, wires, switches, routers, optical cables, set-top boxes, and the code which is used to transport information packets on their way from origin to destination; the code also labels and structures the messages sent in collections of packets. To convey the wagon or carriage, the carts, and young children across the bridge, the citizens need free passage and security -- protection from trolls and their tolls. What does this mean in the modern context: no tax on identity, privacy, rights, preferences, or sniffed-out-payload-type. Think: TCP/IP, a packet-is-a-packet; end-to-end transport; the middlemen collect no tolls on the use of core technologies; the code and the roads remain open to the public; uninspected and untaxed.
Please let me know what your friend finds out about the "bucketloads of pictures he would like to profit from". I'm in the same position. I have tonnes of images that I would like to do something with.
e-mail is rogers.com/webwatcher (structure reversed).
+1 "Gets it" mod, if there was one.
Tks.
To paraphrase a line from Battle Star Galactica: "Holy fuck Buck".
I just wanted to see the freakin' EULA, not start a debate on the theology of the origin of modern society.
Oh well, have fun!
Targeted ads are much better than the broadcast (spam) ads seen everywhere else (even on Slashdot). They are, at least, relevant to the subject that you are searching. That is, unless you are looking for pron, then all bets are off.
..all the hype surrounding the RedHat IPO in 1999?
It really sounds like "The Market" and "The Press"is still reacting the same way.
Would the originators of a company allow any one particular investor to become a majority owner as a result of an IPO?
Would they not reserve a significat number of shares to preclude this from happening?
Please read again.
.net, didn't bitch about it not installing, more about the fact that an attempt to get to the EULA before starting to install anything was unsuccessful.
No complaints here.
Answered a question about
Could you post the EULA, please?
That is what a lot of us want to see.
Thanks.
The very first thing it does is try to configure .net on your machine.
Since my only Windows machine is 98, it couldn't complete the rest of the install.
Yes, it is a sacrificial test machine. I just wanted to see the EULA.