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Microsoft Not Underwriting SCO's Legal Fees?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-pretty-funny dept.

An anonymous reader wrote in to say "Linux Business Week carries this morning a claim that Microsoft only bought a Unix license from SCO Group because there's been a prior development project underway at Redmond that warranted it. "The license was not seen as a way to underwrite SCO's legal fees," says a source within the company. "The idea of getting a SCO license had been under consideration prior to the IBM lawsuit." "

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  1. In your best Dr. Evil voice by truthsearch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Riiiiiiiiiight

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  2. Exactly. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The idea of getting a SCO license had been under consideration prior to the IBM lawsuit."

    Exactly. They thought of it (the lawsuit), then implemented it.

  3. right on. by RMH101 · · Score: 3, Funny

    shall we end this discussion now?

  4. APP Network News... by defishguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dateline OZ.... As reported earlier the Wicked Witch and her consortium of mean little monkeys has licensed rights to the Ruby Slippers from Glenda the Good Witch. Glenda, who is suffering financial problems, and was unable to leverage her IP against the Dorothy Corp (NYSE-DC) and with little opportunities elswhere in the Good Witch market it was assumed that the Good Witch franchise (NYSE-GWF) would soon collapse under the weight of farm houses. Timing IS everything!

  5. From the Article... by tclark · · Score: 5, Funny
    Then the suit came along. The lawsuit was seen as indirect supporting our position on the value of IP. Since other software vendors who depend on software licenses haven't been exactly falling all over themselves to support our position, seeing something that supported it was welcome. The idea of going ahead with the license was initially motivated by wanting to make a statement reinforcing everything we've been saying about IP.

    Translation: SCO was looking to f*** over Linux and IBM, and we liked that. Most of the other software vendors, traitorous bastards that they are, have been all too happy to port their stuff over to Linux.
  6. Oh right.. by MongooseCN · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I didn't mean to give that gun and 10,000$ cash to the murderer just before he killed my *&*(&$# cheating POS ex-wife. It was pure coincidence."

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  7. Microsoft Quizz by borgdows · · Score: 3, Funny

    The license was not seen as a way to underwrite SCO's legal fees ...

    a) ... but to damage Linux reputation
    b) ... but to be good citizens
    c) ... but underwrite Cowboy McNeal's PR services

  8. Senor, Que pasa, Senor? by SEWilco · · Score: 5, Funny
    That is totally coincidental.

    Microsoft was planning long before the SCO lawsuit to respond to the popularity of Apache web servers with Apache helicopters.

  9. Re:So? by bob_jordan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I still find it odd that Microsoft licensed SCO code on May 19th.

    http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030519/tech_microsoft_un ix _1.html

    And on May 20th ...

    http://table.finance.yahoo.com/k?s=scox&g=d ... SCOs stock closed at 6.66

    Coincidence?

    Bob.

  10. Re:This is how the system is played. by orcrist · · Score: 3, Funny

    but is there a real case of "plausible deniability" on record?

    If it were 'on record' it wouldn't be very plausibly deniable now would it?

    -chris

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