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SCO's quarterly filingSCO's quarterly filingPosted Sep 17, 2003 7:53 UTC (Wed) by error27 (subscriber, #8346)In reply to: SCO's quarterly filing by dambacher Parent article: SCO's quarterly filing Microsoft would get all of SCO's liability as well. I think it's possible to make a case that SCO violated the GPL by distributing the kernel at the same time that they claim to the press that "the GPL is unconstitutional". People say (at least one former employee) that SCO used GPL code in Unixware so that's also something to think about. If Microsoft had wanted to, it could have purchased TSG back when the company was only worth $10 million. Instead Microsoft spent over $20 million to keep them alive. As a PR move, keeping TSG independent is better than buying them outright. More likely, instead of buying TSG Microsoft would just buy the copyrights to ancient Unix when TSG goes out of business.
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SCO's quarterly filing Posted Sep 17, 2003 13:11 UTC (Wed) by mgh (subscriber, #5696) [Link] I could imagine that Microsoft acquiring SCO might ring the odd alarm bell with those people who are interested in the behaviour of monopoly companies....
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