On 06/05/2006 18:15, Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Microsoft_Corporation
>
> ( SCO is among Microsoft's assets )
Listed as an "investment" rather that an "acquisition", but then they
also have investments in Apple, RealNetworks and ... Google!
> Moreover:
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/04/1347234&mode=flat
>
> Leaked Memo Says Microsoft Raised $86 million for SCO
Yeah well, no prizes for guessing Microsoft's motives.
I'm more concerned about their political lobbying, public or otherwise,
than opportunistic corporate rallying.
Influencing software development and standards is one thing; influencing
the law is quite another.
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K.
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