IBM Probes Microsoft's Relationship with SCO

[Jerry Davis]

On Friday 24 February 2006 03:22 am, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> there are definately major things happening in this space:
>
> http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/opensource02162006.htm
>
> Also microsoft is facing a brand new anti-trust lawsuit.  I think this one
> will sink the ship.

please provide a link or links for this assertion.

>
> On 2/24/06, Technomage <technomage-hawke at cox.net> wrote:
> > ran across this in a linux based newsgroup.
> >
> > looks like interesting things are happeneing.
> >
> >
> > --------------- Forwarded message (begin)
> >
> > Subject: IBM Probes Microsoft's Relationship with SCO
> > From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups at schestowitz.com>
> > Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:15:50 -0700
> > Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy
> >
> > http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/260537_msftibm23.html
> >
> > IBM demands documents detailing Microsoft's rivalry with Linux
> >
> > "IBM Corp. is seeking to compel Microsoft Corp. to hand over internal
> > documents detailing its rivalry with the Linux operating system, in a
> > move that could shed new light on the Redmond company's response to one
> > of its biggest competitive threats."
> >
> > "...It's the latest development in IBM's long-running legal dispute with
> > the
> > SCO Group. SCO, a software company based in Lindon, Utah, has filed suit
> > against IBM and other companies, alleging that components of its Unix
> > software were added illegally to Linux.
> >
> > Microsoft isn't a party to the litigation, and it says it's not involved.
> > But
> > that assertion has been under scrutiny since 2003, when Microsoft began
> > licensing Unix technology from SCO. Ultimately, the related payments from
> > Microsoft to SCO totaled more than $16 million, or 21 percent of SCO's
> > revenue that year..."
> >
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