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SCOXE Q1 Conference Call Questions

By fudisbad, Section Diary
Posted on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 07:57:59 EST

Just in case anyone of us here gets the opportunity of asking Darl and Bert some questions, we should keep a list of questions we could ask during the conference call handy.

If they answer the questions, make sure they answer them properly. Ask a few follow up questions.

I am welcome to accept input with regards to new suggestions, as long as you think it would be hard for Darl to answer without his answer tanking the stock price. With this in mind, here are my suggestions.

How close is SCO to bankruptcy?
Can SCO prove that there is unauthorized derivative code in Linux? Prove it (if given answer is yes). What happened to the "millions of lines of code"? Keep this in mind:
Viewed against the backdrop of SCO's plethora of public statements concerning IBM's and others' infringement of SCO's purported copyrights to the UNIX software, it is astonishing that SCO has not offered any competent evidence to create a disputed fact regarding whether IBM has infringed SCO's alleged copyrights through IBM's Linux activities. Further, SCO, in its briefing, chose to cavalierly ignore IBM's claims that SCO could not create a disputed fact regarding whether it even owned the relevant copyrights.
Nevertheless, despite the vast disparity between SCO's public accusations and its actual evidence-or complete lack thereof-and the resulting temptation to grant IBM's motion, the court has determined that it would be premature to grant summary judgment on IBM's Tenth Counterclaim. This determination is based on several factors.
Judge Kimball
How are you going to win your court cases? What is your plan for the future? (Step by step would be appreciated. The more detail, the funnier it gets.)
Convince me that SCO is not a stock scam.
How are you going to pay for the code analysis - the stuff you are going to get pursuant to Judge Wells' Jan 18 order? (The fee cap does not cover for outside expert analysis.)
Why have there been upticks in your stock price just before bad news is announced? (Mention manipulation as a possibility.)
Where's the 10-Q? In Blepp's briefcase?
(if the NASD delists by 13 April) What do you have to say about the delisting?
What are your links to Maureen O'Gara? (You might not get a truthful answer out of this one.)

A few questions on the Canopy and Yarro settlement would be appreciated, but I can't think of any.

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SCOXE Q1 Conference Call Questions | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 editorial, 1 hidden)

Re: SCOXE Q1 Conference Call Questions (3.83 / 6) (#1)
by br3n on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 16:15:32 EST
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as much as i would enjoy some of those being asked i doubt the person asking would stay connected.
they would be disco'd real fast.
make them more subtle and you might have possible answers coming.
sigh

br3n

Re: SCOXE Q1 Conference Call Questions (3.83 / 6) (#4)
by ColonelZen (tzellers lieth within pobox of thy kingdom com) on Sat Apr 9th, 2005 at 16:54:41 EST
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I've said on Y the "questions from the audience" gag is ancient in the annals of hucksterism. Why does anyone pretend to fall for it?

Does anyone here really think/predict that any hardball questions will get through? Dion Cornett is the only one with the oomph to maybe get in, and his history is throwing underhand, even if moderately fast - like other analysts he knows that throwing a fastball will get him de-facto banned from future cc's at SCOX and elsewhere (this is an obvious implicit "social contract" for being in the analyst game, much like being in the White House press pool).

-- TWZ

Re: SCOXE Q1 Conference Call Questions by mikey, 04/09/2005 22:21:06 EST (3.75 / 4)
Re: SCOXE Q1 Conference Call Questions by br3n, 04/09/2005 18:01:47 EST (3.50 / 4)

Re: SCOXE Q1 Conference Call Questions (3.75 / 4) (#2)
by Sunny on Sat Apr 9th, 2005 at 02:06:47 EST
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"This is a question about the IBM lawsuit. Given that you have previously stated that there was quote mountains unquote and quote truckloads unquote of unix code in Linux, why has SCO quote not offered any competent evidence to create a disputed fact regarding whether IBM has infringed SCO's alleged copyrights through IBM's Linux activities unquote?"

Re: SCOXE Q1 Conference Call Questions by sphealey, 04/09/2005 10:46:36 EST (3.66 / 6)

Re: SCOXE Q1 Conference Call Questions by Sunny, 04/10/2005 21:13:09 EST (3.75 / 4)

Bye bye spambot (none / 0) (#9)
by Potential Recruit on Tue Nov 28th, 2006 at 12:13:05 EST