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SCO Files MORS for January and Ocean Park Asks for Money
Wednesday, April 06 2011 @ 12:37 PM EDT

SCO has now filed its Monthly Operating Reports for January. They have some inscrutable and/or cynical items and some I don't recall seeing before. Accounts Receivable = $246,754. Cash on hand at the beginning of the month = $804,709.00. Disbursements = $456,100. Wow. Remember that SCO got a $2M loan not that long ago, yet cash at the end of the month? $601,752.

Nothing for Novell in January. Cumulative to date receipts in the "Novell SVRx Fee" category were $881,526, but nothing at all in January. Disbursed to date since the bankruptcy began in 2007? $478,486. So.... Wait. That's not a debt. That's Novell's money from day one, not money owed to Novell. So, SCO will skulk out of bankruptcy court having converted Novell's money to its own use and nothing happens? Man, Delaware is a trip. So is SCO.

03/22/2011 - 1258 - Debtor-In-Possession Monthly Operating Report for Filing Period As of 1/31/11 (The SCO Group, Inc.; 07-11337) Filed by Edward N. Cahn, Chapter 11 Trustee for The SCO Group, Inc., et al.. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service) (Tarr, Stanley) (Entered: 03/22/2011)

03/22/2011 - 1259 - Debtor-In-Possession Monthly Operating Report for Filing Period As of 1/31/11 (SCO Operations, Inc.; 07-11338) Filed by Edward N. Cahn, Chapter 11 Trustee for The SCO Group, Inc., et al.. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service) (Tarr, Stanley) (Entered: 03/22/2011)

03/24/2011 - 1260 - Claims Register in alphabetical and numerical order can be viewed upon request at the clerk's office. Filed by Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC fka Bankruptcy Services, LLC. (JRK) (Entered: 03/24/2011)

04/06/2011 - 1261 - Certificate of No Objection Regarding Sixteenth Monthly Application for Compensation of Ocean Park Advisors, LLC for the Period January 1, 2011 to January 31, 2011 (related document(s) 1254 ) Filed by Edward N. Cahn, Chapter 11 Trustee for The SCO Group, Inc., et al.. (Tarr, Stanley) (Entered: 04/06/2011)

04/06/2011 - 1262 - Monthly Application for Compensation of Ocean Park Advisors, LLC (Seventeenth) for the period February 1, 2011 to February 28, 2011 Filed by Ocean Park Advisors, LLC. Objections due by 4/26/2011. (Attachments: # 1 Notice # 2 Exhibit A # 3 Exhibit B # 4 Certificate of Service) (Tarr, Stanley) (Entered: 04/06/2011)

Look at the professional fees SCO has paid out since it first filed for bankruptcy protection:
$5,782,401
+ $472,791 expenses
$6,255,192
Ocean Park's 17th bill is for a meager $8,000 or so. Still, they'd better hurry and get paid before SCO goes poof. Nah. Professionals get paid, I noticed over the years. In fact, isn't that figure about what SCO had when it first filed for bankruptcy protection?

Say, look at page 6 of #1258 [PDF]. "Loans to Insiders" in the amount of $748,863 in January, and $1,326,293 cumulative to date. What is that?

[ Correction: I misread it. The "loans to insiders" category is blank, and one line down is "other".]

And why would Japan's book value dip from $765,366 in September of 2007 when SCO filed for bankruptcy and now it's only listed as valued at $685,794? None of the other subsidiaries changed, except for SCO China, which was sold a while back.

But here's the truly amazing figure: guess what SCO's net payroll was in January? $100,614. I kid you not. That would be one executive? One CFO? Or one salesman and someone to answer the phones? What is clear is that whatever unXis wanted these assets for, it's not for the fabulous business.

The SCO Group as we knew it is no more, I conclude, ladies and gentlemen. It is become a wasteland, where occasional desultory winds move the tumbleweeds aimlessly here and there down the dusty and nearly empty streets.


  


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Corrections
Authored by: tyche on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 12:46 AM EDT
Please indicate where the correction needs to be made, and what the incorrect
and correct form are. Thanks

Craig
Tyche

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"The Truth shall Make Ye Fret"
"TRUTH", Terry Pratchett

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Off Topic
Authored by: tyche on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 12:48 AM EDT
Sound off on things that aren't related to the main topic. Where possible,
include links to back up what you are talking about. Thanks

Craig
Tyche

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"The Truth shall Make Ye Fret"
"TRUTH", Terry Pratchett

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News Picks
Authored by: tyche on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 12:50 AM EDT
Please indicate the title and link of the news pick you are commenting on.
Thanks

Craig
Tyche

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"The Truth shall Make Ye Fret"
"TRUTH", Terry Pratchett

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Comes
Authored by: tyche on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 12:53 AM EDT
For the "ways and means" committee who have the ways and means to
transcribe the Comes documents. Thanks

Craig
Tyche

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"The Truth shall Make Ye Fret"
"TRUTH", Terry Pratchett

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The lightbulb came on
Authored by: argee on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 01:46 AM EDT
It occurs to me that perhaps Novell influenced or gave a
tip to SEC. I can't imagine that SCO can sell itself with
the stock tied up. That works to Novell's advantage, I
would think.


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argee

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What is there to say ?
Authored by: dmarker on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 05:12 AM EDT

But, (take your pick)

1) yawn
2) "I don't believe it !"
3) "So who pays them :) "
4) "Is this how corporate law unfolds in the US ?"

(add your own :) )

D

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  • What is there to say ? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 05:51 AM EDT
  • What is there to say ? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 07:59 AM EDT
  • D - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 02:53 PM EDT
  • What is there to say ? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 07:44 PM EDT
After watching all this, I wonder...
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 06:14 AM EDT
Has any bankruptcy judge ever been href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_S
tates">impeached<
/a>? Because this Judge sure
seems to play fast and loose with the letter of
the law.

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That's why they _must_ win at court
Authored by: YurtGuppy on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 09:21 AM EDT
They must win so that they can pay their debts.

So when they defeat Novell and go on to defeat IBM
_then_ they can pay their debts to Novell.

Until then they have to keep the shell of the company
together and keep paying the lawyers and accountants
and business consultants and donuts for the meetings, etc. etc.

It's all very straightforward ;-)

---
every guppy is a half-full kind of guy

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Novell SVRx Fee
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 09:28 AM EDT
Strange designation "Fee". One of the court cases SCO lost designated
it not a fee but a collection in trust. It has to be a fee for the contract to
be non-executive. But the case that started the whole bankruptcy thing ruled
that the money was collected "in trust".

The fact that the court case that started the whole bankruptcy filing ruled that
the money was collected "in trust" is very very significant.

Judge Cahn is a trustee in bankruptcy. He must be aware that the SysV money is
collected in trust by SCO. Failure to pay that is likely to result in at least
the loss of the trustee's bond if not more.

I am not a lawyer but I see some complications here. Including deliberate
obfuscation of the trust obligation.

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Net payroll is monthly, not annual
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 09:35 AM EDT
And there are no loans to insiders.

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Conversion or Theft?
Authored by: delestoran on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 09:35 AM EDT
SCO had a contract with Novell to handle certain money that belonged to
Novell. SCO takes that money and spends it without ever giving it to Novell.
Is this conversion or theft?

If it is conversion, then SCO will simply cry "we're broke" and that's
it. If it is
theft, then why doesn't someone file a criminal complaint? Someone should
go to jail for this.

Of course, this would not be the first time that a bankruptcy court converted
someone else's property into cash and distributed it away from who actually
owned it. I once worked for a company that was having some rather
expensive hardware built and the company building it filed for Chapter 7.
The expensive hardware and associated parts were owned by my company,
but by the time we found out about the filing, the whole thing had been sold
for scrap and the money distributed to the creditors. The filing company
failed to notify the court that it was our property and we where told that it
was just tough luck.

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SCO Files MORS for January and Ocean Park Asks for Money
Authored by: Jeffrey on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 09:49 AM EDT
I'm sorry. But if you collect my money for me and abscond with it, it's
stealing. And if I have my way, someone is going to give me ALL of my money,
plus interest, or go to jail. I'd press charges. Wouldn't you?

That sounds simple enough. Why hasn't this happened?
<tap><tap><tap>Hellooo. Novell? Anyone home?

"Corporations" cannot make decisions, decisions are made by people.
And when you do not know who made a specific decision, then those at the top
shoulder that burden.

Someone has to go to jail here! Why isn't anyone going to jail?!

(Frankly, I think the DE Bankruptcy judge should go to jail too, but I'll save
that for another rant.)

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SCO Files MORS for January and Ocean Park Asks for Money
Authored by: nuthead on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 10:18 AM EDT
I'm still waiting for Judge Gross to submit his bill.

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There's something wrong here
Authored by: The Mad Hatter r on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 10:39 AM EDT

To quote Marcellus from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, 'Something is rotten in
the state of Denmark.'

Let's see.

1) Novell apparently didn't file an objection to the sale
2) The SCO Group apparently spent the money held in trust for Novell
3) The U.S. Trustee has been missing in action
4) Judge Cahn has been, well, a pod person effectively
5) Judge Gross finally decides on a sale to the group he wouldn't sell to before
- why now?
6) Why not just convert to Chapter 7 and give Novell what was left?
7) Does anyone get the impression that Delaware more resembles Ferrengal?

Just some thoughts. Think I'll take some more pain killers and stumble back to
bed.


---
Wayne

http://madhatter.ca/

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Unxis website is alive.
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 10:40 AM EDT
Not sure if this is real.

Website

Look at "Our People" - different people, same photo.

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SCO is No More
Authored by: the_flatlander on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 01:10 PM EDT
>> The SCO Group as we knew it is no more, I conclude, ladies and
gentlemen. It is become a wasteland, where occasional desultory winds move the
tumbleweeds aimlessly here and there down the dusty and nearly empty streets.
<<

Paints quite the picture, but, (and I don't mean to be argumentative), I think
you're describing a neighborhood far nicer than the one SCO is in. I mean, I'm
thinking more along the lines of a place with drifting clouds of sulphur fumes,
and open pools of boiling pitch. Tumbleweeds are *way* too upscale for SCO,
these days.

The_Flatlander

I'm so old I remember when the company was called Caldera, and that didn't seem
prophetic.

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"Loans to Insiders"
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 07 2011 @ 01:33 PM EDT
The way I read it is that the amount is $0. The $748,863 falls under the
heading "Other Assets" which in subsequent pages is defined as the
value of foreign or other subsidiaries.

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