World's largest dinosaur named for Philly 'scareware' mogul
Adam Schran, hit by consumer suits, is Drexel bone patron
Haverford College grad Adam Schran, who founded Center City-based Ascentive in 1999, typically keeps a low profile, not answering inquiries about the complaints his company allegedly sold "scareware" security software that didn't make some computers more secure, or the court settlements in which his company paid millions to consumers, see stories here and here and here, Better Business Bureau report here.
But Schran seems assured of immorality: The heaviest-ever dinosaur, dug up in Argentina, has been named Dreadnoughtus schrani -- Schran's Fearless -- by Drexel University scientists grateful for the money he has given their research. Wherever he got it.
And maybe naming a 65-ton dinosaur for an aggressive, even notorious, Web software developer doesn't sound so strange, when you think about it.