SCO executives must feel that the discounted stream of future returns from their current business, which will likely be torpedoed by the decision, was worth far less than the one-off expected value of the lawsuit they are filing against IBM. Curious.
As a SCO customer, I would have to be insane to base my business on the presumption that SCO will be a going concern. Even if they win, the "business" end of their business (that is, the part of their business concerned with actually trying to supply products and services) will suffer irreperable harm from the backlash of this lawsuit. If they lose, they are doomed as a venture.
The people I really feel sorry for are SCO employees. If the lawsuit results in a significant haul, shareholders and some high-ranking executives will see a fat return. However, the rank and file will not see a dime and will see their customers, and soon their jobs, dry up. If I were a SCO employee, I would be shrinking in embarrassment in the presence of my industry peers. And I would be starting to look for alternative employment.
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Posted by: olsonco on March 08, 2003 01:37 AMSCO executives must feel that the discounted stream of future returns from their current business, which will likely be torpedoed by the decision, was worth far less than the one-off expected value of the lawsuit they are filing against IBM. Curious.
As a SCO customer, I would have to be insane to base my business on the presumption that SCO will be a going concern. Even if they win, the "business" end of their business (that is, the part of their business concerned with actually trying to supply products and services) will suffer irreperable harm from the backlash of this lawsuit. If they lose, they are doomed as a venture.
The people I really feel sorry for are SCO employees. If the lawsuit results in a significant haul, shareholders and some high-ranking executives will see a fat return. However, the rank and file will not see a dime and will see their customers, and soon their jobs, dry up. If I were a SCO employee, I would be shrinking in embarrassment in the presence of my industry peers. And I would be starting to look for alternative employment.
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