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[News] Bill Gates Questioned on SCO Connections

Talking Linux IP with Bill Gates

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| Niall:
| 
|     OK. Two questions.
| 
|        1. Was Microsoft ever directly involved with the SCO Group
| in their lawsuit against IBM, either through BayStar Capital or others?
|        2. Why is Microsoft recently choosing to go after supposed
| patent violations with various operating system companies?
| 
| Bill:
| 
|     I don't know BayStar.
| 
| Niall:
| 
|     It's an investment company. One of their executives testified
| Microsoft invested $50 million to offset SCO's costs in the lawsuit.
| 
| Bill:
| 
|     When?
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http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2006/12/microsoft-linux-patents.html

Rex, should Bill Gates know BayStar? Or does he play dumb?


Related:

Those who know his key work on RSS will realise what a serious blow this is.

,----[ Quote ]
| Niall Kennedy, a high-profile hire from Technorati who joined Microsoft
| in April 2006 as Program Manager for syndication with the Windows Live
| team, has quit. And quit with a bang. From Kennedy's "Leaving
| Microsoft" post: "Windows Live is under some heavy change,
| reorganization, pullback, and general paralysis and unfortunately my
| ability to perform, hire, and execute was completely frozen as well."
| Ouch. Kennedy is off to do a startup, according to his blog, as of August
| 18.
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                http://tinyurl.com/rg4nn ( microsoft-watch.com ) 

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