ted%nmsu.csnet@relay.cs.net (05/30/88)
OK.... let's find out some facts.
1. Does anyone know what the actual corporate name of the OSF is, and
in which state it is incorporated? (Most likely candidates are
Delaware, California, and New York, in roughly that order).
Anyone who has priveledged information can answer this without
fear since it is of public record. Anyone with some spare time
can answer this by calling the offices of the pertinent
secretaries of state until they find it.
2. Does anybody want to put the pertinent (i.e. non-boring) clauses
of the articles of incorporation and current bylaws of this
corporation onto the net? The most important sections are those
that specify what kinds of stock may be issued and what is already
outstanding, who may be a stockholder and how to acquire the
stock, who may sit on the board, how the board is selected and how
decisions of the board are reached. This will tell us whether one
sponsor can outbid others, and whether you and i, (and rms, and
sun, and att) can join.
This information can be had from the above mentioned offices for a
nominal fee, or from anybody intimately connected with the
incorporation (such as a stockholder).
We have heard enough from the people who read the press, and those who
collect rumors, and those who have opinions and those who are truly
paranoid (and those who have no money) but we have heard little
definitive about the public facts of the situation. Hopefully there
is someone on the net with direct access to this information and a
little time to spend on the matter.
- thanxlance@Roma.orc.olivetti.com (Lance Berc) (05/30/88)
In article <15155@brl-adm.ARPA> ted%nmsu.csnet@relay.cs.net writes: >1. Does anyone know what the actual corporate name of the OSF is, and > in which state it is incorporated? (Most likely candidates are > Delaware, California, and New York, in roughly that order). According to people working for OSF they are incorporated in Delaware. These were technical people, not lawyers, but I've no reason to doubt them. This information was freely given at last week's Network Computing Forum in Ann Arbor, Michigan. lance Lance Berc lance@orc.olivetti.com Beer as an alternate Olivetti Research Center lance%orc.uucp@unix.sri.com currency! Menlo Park, California (415) 496-6248 < These opinions bear no resemblance to those of Ing. C. Olivetti & C. SpA. >