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NewsForge: SCO Shows Financials But Avoids Reporters

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 24, 2003

“What a way to start Christmas Week — with a puppet show! The
SCO Group held a one-hour teleconference this morning to discuss
its financial results for the quarter and for the year. The Lindon,
Utah-based company hosted the obligatory Q&A session following
discussion of the financials, but as has been the case in previous
press/analyst conferences, it appeared that callers were carefully
screened to ensure only SCO-friendly analysts were allowed
questions.

“Once again, SCO, pulling the strings from above, exhibited
obvious defensiveness in front of its shareholders. Put the
conference anywhere else, with an open mike in the audience and an
objective emcee, and true service to shareholders–and the
public–happens…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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