[Am-info] Breaches of SEC Regulations

[John J. Urbaniak]

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...

Actually, I remember reading something about 3 months ago that Microsoft *was*
laying off people.


> 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.

Microsoft is a house of cards with a book value of $8 or $9 per share, not
counting liabilities for stock options.

It will come crashing down some day.

John


>
>
> ======== Paul Rickard, Editor of The Microsoft Boycott Campaign =======
> --------------------------------[ Http://www.msboycott.com ]-----------
>
>   "As Internet technology itself vaults into new areas, so too does the
>    Microsoft monopoly and its tried-and-true bag of tricks."
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