SCO says there is 'substantial doubt' it will survive
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| The rulings may also cost SCO a lot of money. The court said that SCO would
| have to pay Novell for past licensing deals it had struck with Sun
| Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft. This could amount more than $30 million, SCO
| said in its SEC filing. That's more than the $10.4 million in cash now held
| by SCO.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070918/tc_infoworld/91897
First Word From the Bankruptcy Court Hearing - Update 2Xs - Meeting Darl, New
Filings
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070918115337281
Recent:
SCO Asks Court to Let it Hire Accounting Temps - Half of its finance dept.
fired or quit
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| SCO had seven people in the finance department, but after SCO filed for
| bankruptcy, "approximately half of the accounting personnel resigned or were
| terminated, including the resignation of two accounting personnel, each with
| over ten years' experience..."
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070917072753835
SCO Blames Linux For Bankruptcy Filing
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| SCO Group CEO Darl McBride says competition from the open source Linux
| operating system was a major reason why the company was forced to file for
| Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070918/tc_cmp/201806893
Related:
Can Microsoft get its $12 million back from SCO?
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| Microsoft played matchmaker back in 2003 when SCO needed money to help fund
| its lawsuits agains IBM and various other Linux players and customers.
| Microsoft suggested that hedge fund BayStar Capital invest $50 million in
| SCO.
|
| Microsoft also backed SCO’s play to convince other vendors and customers to
| license SCO’s technology to avoid potential infringement lawsuits. (Maybe
| that’s where Microsoft got its patent-licensing ideas ...)
|
| One of the first companies to snap up two SCO licenses was Microsoft, to the
| tune of $12 million, according to BusinessWeek. Sun Microsystems and Computer
| Associates also bought into SCO’s plan.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=639
The Goldfarb Declaration - Updated: MS Statement
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| According to the Declaration, Richard Emerson was not the only
| Microsoft employee Goldfarb was dealing with in connection with the
| BayStar investment in SCO. He mentions by name two others, from two
| other departments.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061009152706664
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| "There you have it. At least a third of SCO's entire market
| capitalization, and their entire current cash reserves, is payoffs
| funnelled from Microsoft. Their 10Qs reveal that every other line of
| cash inflow is statistical noise by comparison. The brave new
| SCO source business model is now clear: sue your customers, shill
| for Microsoft, kite your stock, and pray you stay out of jail."
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween10.html
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