[plug] Microsoft-SCO link confirmed

Kai vk6ksj at westnet.com.au
Sat Mar 13 14:44:05 WST 2004


There's plenty of juicy stuff on Groklaw, the news section of linux.org 
and some links from el Reg, too.

Chris Caston wrote:
> I wonder if this could actually backfire on MS and gives publicity and
> rulings that become Linux's big break. Hopefully all that anguish we
> have suffered will not be for nought.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 13:14, Chris Caston wrote:
> 
>>http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8944855%255E15306,00.html
>>
>>"Lawrence Goldfarb, managing partner at Baystar Capital, said Microsoft
>>senior executives phoned him last year to ask if his company would be
>>interested in investing in SCO. Two months later, Baystar made a $US50
>>million investment in SCO, which launched a legal assault against
>>several companies over use of open source operating system Linux."



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