More on Recent SCOings On

An anonymous reader writes "Blake Stowell, SCO's director of communications, acknowledged that the leaked memo is real." However, Stowell went on to say that the memo was misunderstood, and that Microsoft has not been funding SCO, as was previously alleged. In addition, Computer Associates is now vehemently denying they ever licensed Linux from SCO. AlabamaMike writes "Being employed by Computer Associates myself, I had to admit I was terribly dismayed by the news that the company I work for had licensed SCO's dubious Linux IP. I sent some mail around to those I thought would have some info about what was going on with this very odd move, and the response that came back truly should be posted for the /. community. Basically this is a very creative spin on a settlement CA did with Canopy Group regarding a breach of contract settlement totally unrelated to Linux. Associated with that settlement was a set of UnixWare licenses to which SCO has taken the liberty of attaching these 'Linux IP' licenses."

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Re:hypocriSCOy

[txsable]

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We found your head.

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Re:More interested in what MS has to say

[malsdavis]

"To the government MS is simply a healthy company bringing in a boatload of cash"

Not to mention contributing a healthy boatload to George Bush's campaign funds.

I've always thought it odd how Microsoft were on the verge of being broken up 4 years ago, then they gave money to the soon-to-be president's electoral campaign. He then won and soon after it was decided rather than be broken up Microsoft actually only needed a slap on the wrist.

Re:Ashcroft in hostpital

[LMCBoy]

If surgery is required, perhaps they can bleed out his boated evil gland while they're in there...

Re:More interested in what MS has to say

[Z4rd0Z]

There's been a lot of speculation that MS would go towards their own Linux distro, and that both Windows and Belgian Blue (Longhorn) are dead in the water. To enter a new market, Bill would want a monopoly.

Speculation where? In your head? MS is not going to push Linux anytime soon. Your statement about Windows and Longhorn sounds a lot like what people said about XP four years ago. Besides, MS couldn't get away with buying out SCO.

Re:More interested in what MS has to say

[SpaceLifeForm]

Yep, heard of him. He's gonna get Bush re-elected. No need to fix the vote.