[TriLUG] SCO Linux License

[Frye, Matthew]

Let's assume the company was Microsoft.  Do you (meaning everyone reading
this) think that the reason SCO didn't release the name is because M$
doesn't want the world to know it's running Linux (even in labs), or some
other reason?  If so, what reason?

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> From: 	Chris Merrill[SMTP:cmerrill at nc.rr.com]
> Reply To: 	Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Sent: 	Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:55 AM
> To: 	Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: 	Re: [TriLUG] SCO Linux License
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> P. L. Charles Fischer wrote:
> <snip>
> > So who do you think bought the license?
> <snip>
> > 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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