[TriLUG] SCO Linux License

[Chris Merrill]

P. L. Charles Fischer wrote:
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> So who do you think bought the license?
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> So my answer to the first question must be Microsoft. I am sure 
> Microsoft has Linux running in labs, running bench marks and trying to 
> break Samba. It fits with the Microsoft MO to buy the SCO license. More 
> FUD thrown at Linux.

I heard somewhere that M$ paid $6m for a blanket license to cover some
of their products that work with unix.  Seems more like a "soft money"
contribution, to me.

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