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UnXis Group To Acquire SCO

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-at-first-you-don't-succeed dept.

Evil-G writes "In an email on Friday, SCO informed its partners that UnXis Inc. was chosen as the successful bidder for SCO's Unix software business on 26 January. The slightly convoluted phrasing is probably due to SCO's current reorganization under Chapter 11. On 16 February, the transaction is to be submitted for approval to the bankruptcy court where SCO's case is pending."

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  1. So all SCO has left is lawsuits? by grapeape · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wow looks like all that is left of SCO are lawsuits, debt and a pending appeal. You have to wonder why in the world anyone would want to buy the business division, considering the SCO name is poison to just about anyone who knows anything about Unix. My guess is they will do anything in their power to distance themselves from the SCO name.

    1. Re:So all SCO has left is lawsuits? by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Interesting

      You have to wonder why in the world anyone would want to buy the business division, considering the SCO name is poison to just about anyone who knows anything about Unix.

      Maybe because they have a 3-letter domain name? Probably their most valuable asset ;-)

    2. Re:So all SCO has left is lawsuits? by petermgreen · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Because they do still have customers who want/need support, updates (at least enough to keep it running on new hardware as their old hardware dies) licenses etc. That buisness is clearly worth something. How much is debatable but it's almost certainly not zero.

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    3. Re:So all SCO has left is lawsuits? by jnelson4765 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I'm in that situation - we've got a proprietary point of sale system that a lot of our customers run, that was written for SCO OpenServer. To move to Linux would cost $7,000 - $15,000 in license fees for the license transfer, so they're staying on SCO. An SCO OpenServer 6 license is a lot cheaper than the Thoroughbred software stack it's written in.

      It's not a bad system - the problem with SCO was never their technical abilities. I really can't complain about its stability either - that damn things just keep running, and the most we have to do is replace tape drives and fans every once in a blue moon...

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    4. Re:So all SCO has left is lawsuits? by symbolset · · Score: 5, Insightful

      No, they have a netblock. That may be worth more than the rest of the company in two weeks.

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  2. UnXis is a shell company owned by SCO? by Aryeh+Goretsky · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hello, Groklaw seems to imply a relationship between the two: http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20090711015440158 Regards, Aryeh Goretsky

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  3. Hooray! by dexomn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ding! Dong! The witch is ... Wait what? OH DAMN IT!!!

  4. Re:SCO has a software business? by Insanity+Defense · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's because you are an ignorant cunt. They owned unix and linux you know.

    They claimed that Linux has substantial amounts of Unix in it which gave them "control" of Linux in their fantasy world. The problems with this were threefold. 1/ that they never proved the presence of Unix code in Linux and 2/ They have repeatedly been ruled in court not to own the required copyrights to back up those claims 3/ The moment the claimed code was identified it would begin to be removed. The legal owner of those copyrights says Linux doesn't violate them.

    So no ownership of Unix or of Linux. All they are really trying to sell is the Unixware and Openserver businesses right now. Last time UnXis tried to buy it the bankruptcy judge said no deal, they need to get his agreement. Also Novell claims the right to veto such a sale and last time said they would.

  5. Re:UnXis is a shell company owned by SCO! by redwhine · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think Groklaw got it right... The UnXis URL http://unxis.co.uk/ takes you to a SCO page with the title "unXis - The future of UNIX is here"

  6. Re:What is UnXis? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    That domain is just some guy in North York, ON that does consulting (do a whois and look yourself).

    It's not related to this, so don't call the guy up and give him shit.

    The real domain, unxis.co.uk, as stated above, belongs to SCO since it redirects to SCO.

    The question is, does the guy in North York have a beef with SCO now?

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  7. Not a good start given the new name by paiute · · Score: 5, Funny

    I read UnXis as "unctuous":

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unctuous

    Adjective
    unctuous
    1. Oily or greasy.
    2. Rich, lush, intense, with layers of concentrated, soft, velvety flavor.
    3. Profusely polite, especially unpleasantly so and insincerely earnest.

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  8. Sounds about right by rsilvergun · · Score: 4, Informative

    it looks like SCO is trying to split off their still profitable software business from the dead and deader lawsuit business so when the whole thing gets dissolved by bankruptcy their creditors are left holding and empty bag.

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  9. Re:SCO has a software business? by hairyfeet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You know what I find hilarious? The fact that Linux guys as a group are fricking obsessed with getting "the big bad MSFT" and completely missing the real enemy about to seriously hurt them. It reminds me of "Pirates of Silicon Valley" where Jobs was completely obsessed over IBM and Gates quietly snuck in and stomped his ass. It is like the sheep laughing at the old toothless tiger while leaning up against his bestest buddy the BB Wolf.

    Who is the hidden enemy you might ask? :Let me put it this way: Notice anything...funny...about Android? Like the fact that there is not a spot of GPL V3 code to be found? Why do you think that is? I'll tell you, because thanks to "the TiVo trick" GPL V2 is about as worthless as can be. Hell you might as well release it all as BSD, because that is what's gonna happen anyway. That is why RMS had to come up with GPL V3 in the first place, because thanks to the TiVo trick the four freedoms mean squat as long as they stick with GPL V2, and Google hasn't touched a single drop of GPL V3.

    So you might want to be looking closer at who is guarding the henhouse instead of caring about the old grudges. MSFT is the past, sure they'll keep the desktop and office but just like the mainframe was once the center of computing so too will the office PC end up with a niche that frankly doesn't really grow. PCs have gotten "good enough" for the vast majority and people don't just upgrade everytime MSFT does a new OS anymore. They are the past and mobile is the future and if you don't watch it Linux will end up winning the battle but losing the war. After all what good is Linux being everywhere if there is no more freedom than any proprietary OS thanks to the corps simply using GPL V2 and the TiVo trick?

    As for TFA, just let them fricking die already. Hell it isn't even any fun making fun of them anymore, McBride has lost everything and the company is a corpse. It's like going to laugh at your asshole neighbor for old times sake now that he is sleeping in his car by the 7/11. Sure McBride was a douche and the company went from being an actual company with actual products (I kinda liked DR-DOS back in the day myself) to yet another worthless troll,but its over. Now more drama, no more McBride crazy talk, the fat lady is down the street having a sandwich. What's next /. gonna have an article when they sell the office furniture?

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  10. Re:Just who is "UnXis Inc."? by happymellon · · Score: 4, Informative

    Back in 2009 Unxis and SCO seemed to be the same company.

    http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/sco-and-unxis/

    http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090711015440158

    http://www.unxis.ca/
    http://www.unxis.co.uk/
    http://www.unxis.com/

    So I would say it all seems like a scam to avoid having to do anything legal.