[NCLUG] FW: [NBLUG/talk] Microsoft agreed to buy rights to Unix technology

[Mike Loseke]

Thus spake Crawford Rainwater:
> 
> >From one of the California LUGs I subscribe to.
> Not a pretty thought I must admit.  WSJ is a subscription
> deal, so I was not able to view the full article as well.

 MS already had ownership of parts of the IP in SCO Unix, older versions
anyway. This may have been in part a stepping up of that investment.

/didn't read the [non-linked] artcile


> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 11:01 PM
> > Subject: [NBLUG/talk] Microsoft agreed to buy rights to Unix technology
> > 
> > 
> > Microsoft agreed to buy rights to Unix technology from SCO, a 
> > boost to SCO's
> > efforts to get royalties for a predecessor to Linux.
> > 
> > http://online.wsj.com/public/us
> > 
> > Nightmare becomes reality,


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