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Baystar Confirms Microsoft Behind SCO Investment
Bruce Perens writes "Business Week has confirmed that Microsoft arranged the Baystar investment in SCO. A managing partner of Baystar says the call wasn't from Gates or Ballmer. But it wouldn't have to be, would it? Obviously, there's more investigation to do." Reader skreuzer writes "Yahoo Finance is reporting that SCO announced that the company's board of directors has authorized management, in its discretion, to purchase up to 1.5 million shares of SCO's common stock over the next 24 months. SCO has approximately 14.4 million shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Any repurchased shares will be held as treasury stock and will be available for general corporate purposes." Newsforge (which is also part of OSDN) is also following the story.
As long as the Bush Administration is in office MS can do whatever they want.
Pro-Business/Anti People votes do have a cost.
Here's what's so extra sleazy about this: when iI worked at microsoft, "we" (not me) stole intellectual property from apple, outright theft of technical documents.
Oh yeah? Well, when I worked at Microsoft "we" fed hungry children, built houses for the homeless, gave money to Apple to keep them from going under, and forced the CIA to cancel a clandestine hit on Linus Torvalds.
So there you have it. More unsubstantiated claims. Please mod me up as informative, as was the parent post. Don't let the man keep this information down!
I suspect they are trying to hide the fact that M$ has a LOT of STOLEN Linux code in it.
Why not eh? Gate$ is a known IP thief and general bandit. And with the source code to M$ all closed up, who's to know?
Linux birthdate, 1991
Windows birthdate, 1995 (Win 95 that is)
Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
Microsoft is trying to turn ITSELF into Linux!
Hahahahaha!!!
Here's the board meeting where the MS execs struck upon the plan -
"OK, everyone knows Windows is a sinking boat, Right? So why not take all our money and pour it into the competition. While do that we have the GPL ruled unconstitutional, and BINGO - at the end of it all we are left sitting with all the marbles and the people who created it have NOTHING! MUAHAHA !!!"
Let's face it, the plan COULDN'T have come from Darl, he's just a lackey.
Darl is a stalking-horse, that's all.
I don't know the meaning of the word 'don't' - J