__/ [ ws ] on Friday 15 December 2006 01:24 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Talking Linux IP with Bill Gates
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Niall:
>> |
>> | OK. Two questions.
>> |
>> | 1. Was Microsoft ever directly involved with the SCO Group
>> | in their lawsuit against IBM, either through BayStar Capital or others?
>> | 2. Why is Microsoft recently choosing to go after supposed
>> | patent violations with various operating system companies?
>> |
>> | Bill:
>> |
>> | I don't know BayStar.
>> |
>> | Niall:
>> |
>> | It's an investment company. One of their executives testified
>> | Microsoft invested $50 million to offset SCO's costs in the lawsuit.
>> |
>> | Bill:
>> |
>> | When?
>> `----
>>
>>
>>
http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2006/12/microsoft-linux-patents.html
>>
>> Rex, should Bill Gates know BayStar? Or does he play dumb?
>>
>
> Well, in general, when the Boss saysto his staff: "Get the problem
> fixed!", they don't worry about the details. So he could be telling the
> truth.
>
> Probably, the correct person to address this question to would be his
> trusty sidekick Ballmer.
>
> Cheers,
> ws
I sent this to PJ and here are her (public) comments:
'There is a transcript of a short interview with Bill Gates, in which he
claims he hasn't ever heard of BayStar and says "once upon a time SCO was a
vibrant company" but it's not a name he's thought of for years. You can
probably file that under Oh, Really? He also talks about the Novell deal as
business as usual, and he acts like he doesn't know that the OSRM study
found only 27 Microsoft patents that might be used in litigation, none
validated yet in any court. The study concluded that the risk was no greater
than for any other large body of code. Like Microsoft's for example.'
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