SRO: Penguins: Name Your Price, Sun, SCO are pondering Linux acquisitions
Nov 29, 1999, 15:59 (5 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)
"If you can't beat them, buy them. That's the motto of some
groups inside SCO and Sun Microsystems, which are exploring the
possibility of buying a Linux vendor, say highly placed sources at
Caldera Systems, SCO, Sun and TurboLinux."
"Both SCO (The Santa Cruz Operation) and Sun are looking at
either Caldera Systems or TurboLinux, sources say."
"Sun and SCO both declined to comment about possible Linux
deals."
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