Enterprise Unix Roundup: Ghosts of Xenix Past
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| Various theories are circulating as to why Microsoft has been so gung-ho
| about intellectual property enforcement lately. I have opined about it
| myself in other venues, basically putting forth the theory that the
| staff at Redmond is running a bit scared right now as they watch Linux
| slowly encompass the server market.
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| [...]
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| The document, submitted in The SCO Group vs. Novell trial, was a letter
| "that an outside attorney for Santa Cruz sent to the Department of
| Justice in 1996, complaining about a 1987 agreement between AT&T and
| Microsoft which [SCO] says it had inherited, with terms such that [SCO]
| found itself contractually compelled to include outdated Microsoft
| Xenix code forevermore in all its own Unix products and to pay
| royalties on the undesired and irrelevant code."
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| [...]
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| It is not clear if the current incarnation of SCO, The SCO Group, is
| still entitled to pay Xenix royalties. But Microsoft still does a
| lot of business with The SCO Group, and if it could ever find a
| direct line between Xenix and Linux, it would make for a very
| powerful weapon to kill off Linux once and for all.
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http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3687156
Related:
Deposition of Darl McBride in Novell: Dreaming of Billions From Linux
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| But the SCO dream as I see it is simply this: they'd like those
| volunteer Linux programmers, who didn't charge one thin dime for
| their wonderful code, to, in effect, support SCO for life, based
| on alleged, but not specified, "infringement" that no one is
| allowed to fix. Does it get lower than that?
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070602185104478
The Goldfarb Declaration - Updated: MS Statement
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| According to the Declaration, Richard Emerson was not the only
| Microsoft employee Goldfarb was dealing with in connection with the
| BayStar investment in SCO. He mentions by name two others, from two
| other departments.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061009152706664
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