Comments on: SCO, Microsoft, Novell, and Other News from Utah http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/21/sco-news-from-utah/ Exploring the reality behind exclusionary deals with Microsoft and their subtle (yet severe) implications Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/21/sco-news-from-utah/comment-page-1/#comment-67328 Roy Schestowitz Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:53:57 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=13575#comment-67328 Well, technically Microsoft <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/24/microsoft-builds-linux-sites/" rel="nofollow">uses GNU/Linux</a> and also distributes it via Novell. Microsoft paid SCO many millions and it wanted 'compensation' when it sent William Gates (Sr.) to ask for the money back from SCO (in late 2007, IIRC). And then there's BayStar... <font size="4"><em>"...Microsoft wished to promote SCO and its pending lawsuit against IBM and the Linux operating system. But Microsoft did not want to be seen as attacking IBM or Linux."</em></font> <p align="right"> --<font size="3">Larry Goldfarb, Baystar, key investor in SCO</font> </p> Well, technically Microsoft uses GNU/Linux and also distributes it via Novell.

Microsoft paid SCO many millions and it wanted ‘compensation’ when it sent William Gates (Sr.) to ask for the money back from SCO (in late 2007, IIRC). And then there’s BayStar…

“…Microsoft wished to promote SCO and its pending lawsuit against IBM and the Linux operating system. But Microsoft did not want to be seen as attacking IBM or Linux.”

–Larry Goldfarb, Baystar, key investor in SCO

]]> By: pcolon http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/21/sco-news-from-utah/comment-page-1/#comment-67327 pcolon Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:28:29 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=13575#comment-67327 Did any companies using linux pay sco when they had the initial extortion racket going, and if they did who do they look to for compensation? Did any companies using linux pay sco when they had the initial extortion racket going, and if they did who do they look to for compensation?

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