Bill Gates Reduces Gamco Investors Stake
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| Gates' private investment vehicle, Cascade Investment LLC, reported owning
| 845,562 shares of the Rye, N.Y.-based investment management company.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080214/gamco_investors_bill_gates.html?.v=1
Bill Gates cuts stake in Gabelli's Gamco
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1442372620080214?rpc=44
This has just been revealed as part of an obligatory disclosure. Think about
BayStar and other investment companies such as the one which took over SCO
some days ago. Mind the description of Cascade Investment LLC: "Gates' private
investment vehicle." It's quite a vehicle, alright...
Days ago:
And so it continues…
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| Not surprisingly people are already trying to work out where the money leads
| to. Groklaw reckons its found a link to Bill Gates via Prince Al-Waleed bin
| Talal Al Saud. Dana Blankenhorn isn’t convinced.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/15/and-so-it-continues/
SCO goes private, gets $100M to keep going, McBride out?
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| According to the same release, Stephen Norris, managing partner for SNCP,
| claims that SNCP has a business plan for SCO "that will enable the company to
| see SCO's legal claims through to their full conclusion."
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7409634929.html
Quick Take: An Insane Investment in SCO
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| Assuming that the legal system hasn't gone entirely bonkers yet, the
| investment also sets Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) up to follow its lawsuit against
| SCO to its logical conclusion, after the IBM suit fizzles out. If I were Red
| Hat, I'd send Stephen Norris a thank-you note. Seriously, guys -- what were
| you thinking?
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http://www.fool.com/investing/small-cap/2008/02/15/quick-take-an-insane-investment-in-sco.aspx
In His Own Words: McBride
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| Suddenly, all the "fat lady" and "it ain't over till it's over" metaphors
| were trotted out. SCO isn't dead yet, look out Linux fans!
|
| With all due respect to my colleagues in the press: puh-leeze.
|
| First off, most people with a modicum of sense knew the litigation wasn't
| over. With bankruptcy proceedings and the SCO v. everybody cases... there was
| very little chance that this was all going to fade away into the abyss. At
| most, all of these legal proceedings will enough new cash to keep things
| going faster--provided the court approves the restucturing plan. Which, as
| far as I know, the court hasn't approved yet. The York Group reorganization
| proposal was nixed, you may recall.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-02-15-015-26-OP-CD
Is Acacia link with Microsoft just smoke?
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| Is all this smoke just coincidence? It may well be. But the smoke gets
| thicker by the day.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1587
Related:
Did Microsoft ruin SCO?
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| Which comes to the scenario in mind. Gates approaches McBride and puts forth
| a proposition that SCO should try and make money out of Linux. He offers to
| bankroll the operation in a backhanded manner and then steps back to watch
| the action unfold. His reasoning for doing this? To have a test run before he
| puts Microsoft through the same paces. Either way he wins.
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/did-microsoft-ruin-sco-19663
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| "We've moved past the ideology," said Sutor, in Salt Lake City
| Thursday to attend graduation ceremonies at Neumont University."
| Many people have figured out that there are a number of ways tom
| ake money from the 'open source' model."
|
| [...]
|
| The litigation has been characterized as part of a proxy war being
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| waged by Microsoft against Linux, seen as a prime challenger to
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| Windows. Microsoft has been a prime funding source for SCO, but
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| earlier this month stunned open-sourcers by announcing a development
| pact for Novell's Suse-brand of Linux.
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http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4679245?source=rss
Bill Gates fund reports 12.8 pct PlanetOut stake
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| Bill Gates' investment fund Cascade Investment LLC reported in a regulatory
| filing on Friday that its holds a 12.8 percent stake in the common stock of
| online media company PlanetOut Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKN1331033020070713?rpc=44
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