not to belittle or anything . . .

[Brad De Vries]

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:49:01 -0500, dep <dep at linuxandmain.com> wrote:
> . . . but this is part of a news release i just received:
> 
> Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2004 was $10,075,000 as
> compared to $24,290,000 from the comparable quarter of the prior year.
> The decrease in revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2004 from
> the comparable quarter of the prior year was primarily due to a
> decrease in SCOsource licensing revenue to $120,000 from $10,316,000
> and from continued competitive pressures on the Company&apss UNIX
> products and services. The net loss attributable to common stockholders
> for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2004 was $6,516,000, or ($0.37)
> per diluted common share, as compared to a net loss attributable to
> common stockholders of $1,568,000, or ($0.12) per diluted common share
> for the comparable quarter of the prior year. Included in the net loss
> attributable to common stockholders for the fourth quarter of fiscal
> year 2004 were charges related to a restructuring of continuing
> operations, reductions in force and dispositions of long-lived
> assets totaling $2,702,000.
>  "Fourth Quarter achievements demonstrate continued progress at SCO,"
> said Darl McBride, president and CEO, The SCO Group.
> --
> dep
> 
> The secularists have not wrecked divine things; but the secularists
> have wrecked secular things, if that is any comfort to them.
>                                     -- G.K. Chesterton, "Orthodoxy"

I hate to rain on what appears to be a happy day for many but this
news also means that the employees will probably be out of a job soon.
 I certainly hope that most of the people who are adversely affected
by this news have somewhere to go besides the welfare lines.

Case in point, a local company was being run by a crook who stole
millions from everyone and never provided any product/service in
return.  The feds caught up with him, were coming down hard and
stopped (not closed) the business.  Now, I was not terribly sad to
hear that the owner had committed suicide but I was very sad to hear
about one employee who had just started to build his first house --
now all he has is a basement and no job.  Or a different employee who
had just moved his whole family here from a different state -- he
doesn't know what to do.

Now, I hate SCO as much as the next Linux fan but I want to be sure to
focus the feelings toward the right person(s).

Brad.

P.S.  Not looking for a flame war here, just expressing some feelings.