Re: [News] Santa Cruz Executive: Linux Helped SCO

[Maverick <Sun@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Erik Funkenbusch wrote:

> On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:26:43 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>
> > Santa Cruz Exec, 1999: Linux Hasn't Hurt SCO, It's Helped Us
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | Hilarious. Simply hilarious. He also found this 1998 article
> > | on the announcement of Project Monterey. What stands out is
> > | that even in 1998, according to the article, Linux was listed
> > | as a competitor in the enterprise market, which refutes SCO
> > | Group's recent claim that prior to IBM's contributions to
> > | Linux in 2000, no one used Linux instead of Unix. Back in
> > | 1998, the article ends by noting, Microsoft owned "between
> > | 11 and 14 percent of SCO". You can't escape those old press
> > | releases.
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070108191502340
> >
> > Should remind you of Microsoft's attempt to claim that they actually love
> > Linux.
>
>
> Morons.  SCO is not the same company as The Santa Cruz Operation.  The old
> SCO (the one referenced) changed it's name to Tarantella in 2001.  Caldera
> became the new SCO.

And also, :

On July 13, 2005, Tarantella was purchased by Sun Microsystems for 
$25,000,000. Sun posted a letter to Tarantella customers indicating the 
company would be wholly assimilated after 90 days. Tarantella exists 
now, only as a division of that company.