[Am-info] Breaches of SEC Regulations

Erick Andrews Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net
Sat, 29 Jun 2002 15:22:14 -0400 (EDT)


On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 12:50:44 -0400, Paul Rickard wrote:

>========== On 2002.06.29 08:38 AM, John Poltorak typed: ============
>
>>It seems that when the likes of Worldcom or Xerox breach SEC Regulations 
>>it is big news, but it's only a matter of a few weeks since Microsoft were 
>>confirmed as having violated these rules. 
>>
>>How come that never filtered through to the mainstream news media?
>
>   Because Microsoft isn't laying people off and hiding billions in 
>debt... They lied but the real story wasn't anything nearly as bad as 
>Enron, Worldcom, or Xerox. Media people go where the blood is, y'know.
>
>

Here's my prediction:  their day will come.  Sooner than later.
Even sooner if regulators force the expensing of stock options.

Is it not true that many of MS's top talent have left recently?

If K-K doesn't do much, the market will because they're losing
integrity, clearly among much of the IT biz community.  Let
the bloodletting begin.

Go Peru!  Go choice!

-- 
Erick Andrews