March 12, 2004
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So, we discovered on Thursday that Microsoft talked to BayStar Capital on SCOs behalf months before the investment house brokered a deal that led to SCO getting a cool $50 million round of funding. Well, well, well. And recently, when SCO finally … Continue reading
March 4, 2004
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In the open-source community, the rumor that just won’t die claims that Microsof Corp. is funding The SCO Groups legal actions against Linux. On Thursday, those allegations rose again with reports of a memo that links Microsoft with a financial … Continue reading
March 4, 2004
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I think The SCO Group deserves every penny they’re asking for… if they were right, but theyre not. Ive been following SCO as a writer since the late 80s, and Ive been using its products for even longer. When Caldera … Continue reading
February 1, 2004
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As expected, SCO’s Web site was overwhelmed by a MyDoom-created DDoS attack early Sunday morning. The SCO Group Inc. confirmed that by midnight EST today, a large-scale, DDoS (distributed-denial-of-service) attack had rendered its Web site completely inaccessible. The MyDoom (dubbed … Continue reading
December 22, 2003
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In a letter sent last week to Linux companies, The SCO Group Inc made a number of specific claims about programs within Linux it contends were stolen from its Unix intellectual property. However, several Linux experts, including Linux founder Linus … Continue reading
December 22, 2003
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Once upon a time, there was a little company named SCO that lived in the town of Unix. Now, SCO often ventured out in the woods. One day, it ran back shouting that that nasty bully IBM had attacked it. … Continue reading