Yes, Microsoft did pay the licensing charges. However, I don't in any way consider that an investment. I pay Microsoft for their software. Does that make me a Microsoft investor? Investing and paying for a license are two different things entirely. Even if Microsoft paid the license fee just to put money into SCO's coffers, that doesn't make Microsoft an investor. :)
Smart? Yes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "-ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Speaking on Novell and SuSE > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > I read somewhere that Microsoft hasn't had any real money invested in SCO > > for a long time. I am not absolutely sure about this statement, but I > > haven't seen any facts to dispute it either. > > I had read that when SCO started their antics, Microsoft wanted to get > "legal" with SCO for the use of Unix IP in their products. The licensing > fees they paid to SCO were, to put it lightly, substantial (10's of > millions?). Not a direct investment, but you can bet SCO is paying their > lawyers with it. I remember reading this...but don't remember where. > > ray > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
