The Microsoft/SCO Connection

rocketjam writes "CNET is running a long question-and-answer format article which takes an in-depth look at the relationship between Microsoft and SCO and the financial support SCO has received both directly and indirectly from Microsoft in their ongoing litigation alleging that Linux violates the intellectual property rights they claim to hold on UNIX. The article details the money Microsoft has paid to SCO to "license" UNIX as well as the role they played in BayStar's $50 million investment in SCO in late 2003. Microsoft paid SCO $16.6 million for a UNIX license. The only other company that has come close to paying SCO that much money for a license is Sun, who paid $9.3 million to license UNIX for their Solaris operating system."

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Re:Eliminate UNIX, More WinServer Sales

[deputydink]

Microsoft will never sell again sell UNIX OS (on PCs anyways) becase the agreed not too when they sold their Xenix business in the 80s.

Up front? Must be a different McBride and M$

[twitter]

SCO chief Darl McBride has been up front about the importance of Microsoft's funding, direct or otherwise.

Up front!

Except that he lied about the amounts.

Except that Microsoft lied about their involvement with Baystar.

Except that SCO has yet to produce a single line of infringing code.

Nothing about the fiaSCO has been up front.

Fact and Fiction, eh? Looks like CNet got the facts! M$ facts.

Yeah but...

[ravenspear]

People started suggesting that Google would of course support anything that kills IE since MS is now attacking Google's search market.

I don't think Google needs to worry about the new M$ search engine quite yet. You can tell it still has a few kinks in it when they put themselves on top for anal sex.

Re:Antitrust

[Ohreally_factor]

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