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Janne
| | Tiistaina, 18. marraskuuta, 2003 - klo 17.09: | |
http://www.ann.lu/...&start=1&85
Bill Hogget on taas kanssani samaa mieltä. Tai siis minä hänen. 
"No. BBRV did exactly the right thing in reporting the story and getting out there with their take on events first.
Amiga Inc could do worse than follow their example, only I fear that in their case it's too late. Much too late."
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Janne
| | Tiistaina, 18. marraskuuta, 2003 - klo 17.13: | |
That is a thought-provoking collection of opinions and posts. I am reminded of this passage (Bill writing now): "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces." From our perspective it is hard to imagine that we could be perceived as being so powerful and so manipulative to do some of the things suggested here. In this thread there was absolutely no coordinated effort on our part to do anything. We received an email about the matter from our lawyers in Paris. A couple of hours later we received an email about discussions on IRC channels. We posted. Simple. The depth of ignorance and absence of any comprehensible reason behind some of the posts is nearly tragic. What world do some of you live in? Example, "US Army basics of propaganda for wartime use" -- you think we coordinated that dialogue with Nate? -- are you serious?! On the other hand, some anonymously or forthrightly have made good points. We were certainly not complaining about the management of the Pretory in the last quarter of 2001 when for the first time the Company made a significant profit. All that glitters is not gold. In any case, it is a sad story, which is still fully untold. Anyone in France knows the first journalistic barrages unanswered usually mean that a legal procedure in in process. In this case there are a number of them. There are some long knives out in this situation much more powerful than Raquel and I or Pretory itself. Pretory's main customer was Air France. Air France is primarily owned by the Government. Last year, Air France generated nearly 11 billion Euros of revenue; Pretory nearly 25 million. See the difference.
Pretory is being closed because of a very specific reason, which will not be public for some time, here, or in the French Press. We have decided to publish a book though...;-) It should be ready in a year. Check back then.
Sincerely,
R&B
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Janne
| | Maanantaina, 24. marraskuuta, 2003 - klo 17.04: | |
"Pretory USA was established as a holding company. As you can read in the SEC documents (which by the way don't you think we would avoid misrepresenting ourselves there), Pretory USA concluded a share exchange agreement with Pretory SA in 1997 to become the 99.7% shareholder. Raquel and I took the formal management roles to insure that our investment was supported and followed.
Pretory S.A. filed for bankruptcy on 17 November 2003. What drove Pretory S.A. into bankruptcy was the potential tax and social liability to the French Government on millions of Euros of sub-contracted business that had been conveyed by the former manager of Pretory S.A. When we understood the depth of his fraud/mismanagement we fired him. Unfortunately, we could not reconcile all the problems. He is going to jail and we have been cleared from any wrong-doing. We will now work with the Bankruptcy Trustee to clear up all the final details.
Pretory USA will continue as a legal entity. We are in San DIego now for that very reason.
There is no need to say anything more now, but if anyone is interested they can email us privately and we will do our best to answer your questions."
http://www.flyingmice.com/c.../93426.shtml
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