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[Cartoon] Comics: Working Daze
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| I've decided I'm going to expand this company the good old-fashioned American
| way.
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| You mean through innovation and hard work?
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| Nah, I'm going to find somebody bigger than us and sue them.
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http://news.yahoo.com/comics/080811/cx_workingdaze_umedi/20081108
Related:
Enterprise Unix Roundup: EU vs. Microsoft vs. IBM
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| Over on IT Jungle, I just read an interesting story about how Microsoft is
| (by proxy) cleverly using the same law that was just smacked over its head
| for Windows market dominance against IBM's mainframe base in Europe.
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| The story, by Hesh Wiener, is a fascinating look into the world of
| litigation-as-business-strategy, and details the complaint filed by Platform
| Solutions (PSI) against IBM for violating Article 82 of the European
| Commission (EC) Treaty. The complaint was filed, according to a Dec. 18
| Reuters story, way back on Oct. 19.
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http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3722066
Can Microsoft get its $12 million back from SCO?
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| Microsoft played matchmaker back in 2003 when SCO needed money to help fund
| its lawsuits agains IBM and various other Linux players and customers.
| Microsoft suggested that hedge fund BayStar Capital invest $50 million in
| SCO.
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| Microsoft also backed SCO’s play to convince other vendors and customers to
| license SCO’s technology to avoid potential infringement lawsuits. (Maybe
| that’s where Microsoft got its patent-licensing ideas ...)
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| One of the first companies to snap up two SCO licenses was Microsoft, to the
| tune of $12 million, according to BusinessWeek. Sun Microsystems and Computer
| Associates also bought into SCO’s plan.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=639
SCO was Microsoft's patent warm-up act
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| In this case, it looks like SCO was a definite precursor to
| Microsoft's patent charade, what with a "right to use" Linux,
| covenants not to sue, etc. Meager minds think alike?
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/05/sco_was_microso.html
Did Microsoft ruin SCO?
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| Which comes to the scenario in mind. Gates approaches McBride and puts forth
| a proposition that SCO should try and make money out of Linux. He offers to
| bankroll the operation in a backhanded manner and then steps back to watch
| the action unfold. His reasoning for doing this? To have a test run before he
| puts Microsoft through the same paces. Either way he wins.
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/did-microsoft-ruin-sco-19663
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