____/ [H]omer on Thursday 18 October 2007 10:13 : \____
> Hard times at McBride High:
>
> SCO Asks the Bankruptcy Court to Let it Hire a CFO Temp
>
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> | In today's episode, SCO, having [1]terminated, or lost, its CFO
> | and the VP next in command -- though they leave with big wads of
> | bills to soften the parting -- now finds itself in need of a CFO.
> | It would like permission of the court [2]to hire a CFO temp [PDF].
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | SCO would also like the court's approval [3]to hire certain
> | other professionals [PDF] that it was using before in non-Chapter
> | 11 matters, like lawyers to handle the Indian ex-distributor who is
> | suing SCO and another firm to handle whatever is happening in
> | Germany, and [4]here's one I don't recognize [PDF] -- the firm of
> | Landman Corsi Baldman to provide "legal services regarding defense
> | of employment related litigation." Eek. That's a term I immediately
> | associate with sexual harassment litigation, although for sure that
> | isn't all it can mean. Wrongful termination comes under that
> | umbrella too, as well as other things. It's a Newark, NJ firm, so
> | one can't help but wonder what it going on in New Jersey. It can't
> | be much, though, because SCO suggests a monthly cap of payments to
> | the firm of $1,000.
> |
> | 1. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071016100527355
> | 2. http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/SCOGBK-139.pdf
> | 3. http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/SCOGBK-138.pdf
> | 4. http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/SCOGBK-138ExA.pdf
> `----
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> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071017175517335
>
>
> I hear they need a janitor to clean the toilets - has anyone got DooFy's
> telephone number? This could be a career opportunity.
They probably need lawyers though, not those amateur programmers that they used
to employ. SCO puts its money on legal papers, just like Acacia.
Microsoft puts its money on paper money, which it passes to SCO and Acacia
under the table.
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