SCO: taken over, slightly richer, but still on its way out
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| Ovum has been dismissive of SCO's legal claims ever since the company first
| aired them. This latest twist does not change our mind, on the contrary. Like
| many others, we are puzzled by SNCP's decision; puzzled but not completely
| surprised. After all SCO had been desperately trying to find a new financial
| backer ever since the August 2007 legal setback against Novell which affirmed
| Novell's, rather than SCO's, ownership of the Unix copyrights. This setback
| caused SCO to file for bankruptcy in September 2007 and to announce a plan to
| sell its Unix assets to JGD Management Corp/York Capital Management LLC for
| up to $36m a month later. The plan failed. It has now found a Plan B with
| SCNP.
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http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=6684
SCO Bags $100 Million But Who Benefits?
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| SCO maintains its image problem and it also carries that aforementioned heavy
| debt. It owes money to several parties including Novell and it could face
| followup lawsuits (comeback claiming damages) from victims of its own
| lawsuits, assuming money remains in its coffers. Why would anyone invest in
| SCO? More importantly, why now? That remains the key question in many
| people's minds.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/cnews/article.php/3728651
SCO: it's not about winning but continuing the FUD
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| Perhaps SCO's continued legal battle isn't about proving the validity of
| their argument but about keeping their case in the public eye?
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/sco-continues-as-legal-mechanism-to-spread-fud-about-open-source.html
Related:
Quick Take: An Insane Investment in SCO
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| Assuming that the legal system hasn't gone entirely bonkers yet, the
| investment also sets Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) up to follow its lawsuit against
| SCO to its logical conclusion, after the IBM suit fizzles out. If I were Red
| Hat, I'd send Stephen Norris a thank-you note. Seriously, guys -- what were
| you thinking?
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http://www.fool.com/investing/small-cap/2008/02/15/quick-take-an-insane-investment-in-sco.aspx
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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