SCO Puts Unix Assets On the Block

itwbennett writes "SCO Group announced Thursday that it plans to auction off most of its Unix assets, including 'certain UNIX system V software products and related services,' ITworld reports. 'This asset sale is an important step forward in ensuring business continuity for our customers around the world,' said Ken Nielsen, SCO chief financial officer, in a statement. 'Our goal is to ensure continued viability for SCO, its customers, employees and the Unix technology.' Interested parties must submit a bid for the assets by Oct. 5."

Comments

Re:Can they do that?

[grub]

I think "it it plans to auction off most of its Unix assets" means they plan to sell off their O'Reilly books on eBay.

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Amazing

[sjames]

Absolutely amazing. They haven't had a modern up-to-date system in ages, it turns out they didn't even own what they claimed to own. They got rid of the only people who had any hope of maintaining anything technically back in the '90s and they tried to defraud everyone in reach. And yet, all these years later the corpse is still twitching.

It's like the end of the horror movie when the monster shows some vague sign of life just as the credits roll.

Re:Let's bid on it

[oldspewey]

I'll put in twenty bucks, but only if the deal includes me giving Darl McBride a swift kick in the nuts.