Where is the justice? (Suffering at the hands of SCO)

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Journal by Chordonblue on Monday February 16, 2004 @02:22PM

Long after the SCO resellers shut their doors, the customers move on to other products, and the employees begin to tell their horror stories, the former execs will have settled in to bigger and better things.

Things like the Bahamas or maybe Maui. Because, in the end, that's what this whole thing was really all about folks: The top 5% licking all the icing off the cake, and then leaving the rest for us suckers to clean up after.

There's no real justice anymore is there? Someone help me believe that there is. I want to believe and have faith in our system but right now I think its broken and in serious need of repair.

Here's an example: Remember that guy Kozlowski from Tyco and his sidekick? Seems like there's a good chance one or both of them are going to get off scot-free (how, in the name of all that's holy - I can't say). This was the guy who held the multi-million dollar party in Greece for his WIFE and invited Jimmy Buffett to sing a few songs - all on the company tab. Who the hell 'rents out' Jimmy BUFFETT!??

The scandals of the last few years haven't done anything but numb Americans to worse atrocities. NO company would ever have attempted what SCO is doing now in the past because it's simply shameful. And as in almost every single other case like this, there is no exit strategy for anyone but the execs. They know it, and have all but stated so in their latest filing with the SEC.

Seriously, what are the chances that:

1) They win this pathetic lawsuit against IBM?

2) They don't lose their asses to IBM/Red Hat/Novell/Pick your Linux Distributor after all this?

3) They manage to pick up the sales of their Unix products and/or licensing of the same?

Right. None. You know it, I know it, EVERYONE here knows it. And yet, here we are. The people responsible for causing all this grief are never going to be prosecuted - they know it - and you know what? Darl and his boys LAUGH at us. Just like the way they mocked the protesters in front of SCO with those fake signs.

Even the devil has a sense of humor.

They must think it's the most hilarious thing in the world to see people get so worked up about something that isn't wealth-related. Those silly-ass 'hippies'...

In the end, they 'win' after all (not counting karma of course). Well... The lawyers will also get a large share.

But like the remains of the 'cake' - the ex-employees, Linux supporters of every
type, customers, shareholders, and countless others will be the very real human
wreckage.

So again I ask, where is the justice in our 'justice' system? Let me be clear here; I believe in free enterprise and the capitalist way. However, I also think that the balance of power needs to be recalibrated between government and business. Read some history about how the honorable state of Delaware started the corporate 'gold rush' of incorporation without responsibility all way back in 1899. Before then, you needed a government charter to incorporate. The results of Delaware's loosening of the restrictions were good and bad at the same time. The bad parts are starting to show more and more now.

It is possible that the dark future corporate-based societies predicted by science fiction movies and books (Blade Runner, Alien(s), Tron, Snow Crash, etc.) may already be upon us. In such a society, what democracy there is, is irrelevant. The populace becomes polarized, decision-making stagnates, true leadership and sane guidance is thwarted due to lack of consensus. Sound familiar?

Speaking of which; how relevant are YOU feeling lately, citizen?

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