That SCO suit might be working
I really dislike the kind of patent suits that SCO has brought, but from this story it seems to be working. MS is buying rights to Unix sources:
No financial terms are being disclosed in the deal, under which Microsoft will license SCO's Unix patents and underlying technology called source code. But Microsoft's move suggests that the software company's lawyers view SCO's patents as important, and could encourage other companies to strike similar pacts.
Spotted via the .NET guy
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Re: That SCO suit might be working
[Alan Knight] May 19, 2003 13:06:41.697
I'd say Microsoft is trying to encourage it to have an effect. If I were Microsoft I'd absolutely love SCO at this point. What better wait to spread uncertainty about Linux. It doesn't even matter if they have a case or not.