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Technology Stocks : Osicom(FIBR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: craig crawford who wrote (6408)	4/10/1998 9:01:00 AM
From: CMS27	Respond to of 10479

>>No it wasn't. How do you know what was in my head? I said that was all I needed. I just didn't want to bother with researching and explaining other reasons.<< I have no idea what is in your head. This part of our discussion has apparently has run it's course. I think I have made the point that at one time you just yelled scam and that was all. You haven't always been just someone expressing a reasoned opposing view point on the stock. This is important because you claim Osicom is going after you simply because of your negative view of the company, as if you were just any other message poster. Just yelling SCAM with no explanation, even if the explanation is locked in your head, is not the same thing as discussing the stock. >>Wrong again. It appears to me that I am not the only one being targeted by Osicom's legal department. It appears that they have gone after others who post on the internet in the past and have never said the word "scam" in the same sentence as Osicom.<< Your right, There was Hiram Walker who posted this apology after making false statements. link: www3.techstocks.com >>I think that it is possible, not plausible. (There is a difference) But like I said, it's just as possible that Osicom management (or any management in a public company for that matter) could have leaked insider information to someone as well. I haven't made that claim about Osicom. Anything is possible, so what's your point?<< My point is simply that it should be no shock that Osicom would go after someone who had posted slanderous and false information on the internet, including those who just yell SCAM or like Hiram posting knowingly false information. And that the motivation to do so would be greater if they faced the situation of a concerted efforts of shorts and news publications to drive the company to the point of share conversation, which you have admitted is possible. >>I was referring to the common (and legal) practice of shorting securities to lock in a certain price (using the convertible preferred as collateral), and then delivering the freshly converted shares after the restriction is lifted to cover. This guarantees that they get a certain price if the shares slide by the time the restriction is lifted. << Interesting, I want to further digest this before commenting. >>It's not like all the shares were shorted right before the article. The short position built up over time. << It takes time for someone or a group of someones working together to build a significant short position, you know this. >>Why is it strange? The article isn't about Osicom. The section devoted to me mostly talks about COMS.<< It just struck me as odd that you "had no idea" they would put in any quotes about FIBR. Not that it's important, just seemed odd to me. If I get time I'll get out and get a copy of the magazine this weekend. Scott