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:OpenSource.org: Halloween X: Follow The Money
OpenSource.org: Halloween X: Follow The Money
Mar 4, 2004, 11 :40 UTC (33 Talkback[s]) (12810 reads)

"Excuse me, did we say in Halloween IX that Microsoft's under-the-table payoff to SCO for attacking Linux was just eleven million dollars? Turns out we were off by an order of magnitude--it was much, much more than that.

"The document below was emailed to me by an anonymous whistleblower inside SCO. He tells me the typos and syntax bobbles were in the original. I cannot certify its authenticity, but I presume that IBM's, Red Hat's, Novell's, AutoZone's, and Daimler-Chryler's lawyers can subpoena the original..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Can anyone say "Screw up!" what a web we ...   music to my ears   
observer
Mar 4, 2004, 06:55:21
 
6,314,457,  6,448,979,  6,546,418  They  ...   Here are the patents!   
ljb
Mar 4, 2004, 07:02:34
 
...its prime function would be to stop t ...   With Longhorn...   
jfbasti
Mar 4, 2004, 07:10:23
 
  Looks like this is Ed.  He's got a ...   Ed Iacobucci   
ljb
Mar 4, 2004, 07:16:12
 
Many of the Holloween documents were obv ...   Even If Real, SCO Scubbed It Away   
Matthew C. Tedder
Mar 4, 2004, 07:47:41
 
I mean, if they got those so many millio ...   But how did they get it?   
None
Mar 4, 2004, 08:13:43
 
anti-trust, anyone?what will microsoft&# ...   Oh, that is sweet.   
flacco
Mar 4, 2004, 08:16:43
 
I've wondered several times whether  ...   Cold, dead hand   
Spacejock
Mar 4, 2004, 08:23:49
 
The captains of The SCO Group have never ...   I knew it...   
Brian
Mar 4, 2004, 08:37:10
 
Then it will mean that the final assault ...   If this is true...   
Sjaak Zomer
Mar 4, 2004, 08:59:46
 
Rumors abounded, but...If this is real I ...   Unbelieveable   
Matt
Mar 4, 2004, 09:01:58
 
This is really bad !! I hope they (sco)  ...   Oh my god I hope this is true   
Anonymous
Mar 4, 2004, 09:08:13
 
It looks too good to be true... a direct ...   Too good to be true...   
Onan the Barbarian
Mar 4, 2004, 09:26:22
 
I have personally talked to MS israel wh ...   They lied to me   
Mark Veltzer
Mar 4, 2004, 09:40:15
 
So the real question is, is this enough  ...   SEC?   
a.c.
Mar 4, 2004, 10:45:27
 
How far will M$ go?How far will SCO go?H ...   The question is ........   
jlk
Mar 4, 2004, 10:51:32
 
Well this certainly would explain SCO&#3 ...   This needs to be reported to the Feds and SEC righ   
Shiva
Mar 4, 2004, 11:05:11
 
So, SCO and Microsoft are together in a  ...   So What ?   
SteveOC
Mar 4, 2004, 12:27:26
 
It could be frightenly true. And if it i ...   I think that looking at the style of the e-mail...   
Peteris Krisjanis
Mar 4, 2004, 12:39:25
 
> I, for one, already made up my mind up ...   Re: So What ?   
Simon
Mar 4, 2004, 13:20:51
 
It must be authenticated....If so..it cl ...   Hmmm mountain grows   
acyberpunk
Mar 4, 2004, 13:39:12
 
I agree to all said. One thing in partic ...   Re: So What ?   
zuyock
Mar 4, 2004, 13:39:23
 
Don't expect anything from the feds  ...   Re: This needs to be reported to the Feds   
ken
Mar 4, 2004, 14:27:15
 
"Perhaps ESR might go into legal trouble ...   Re: Too good to be true...   
keith frost
Mar 4, 2004, 14:42:40
 
I have always thought the computer busin ...   Re: So What ?   
Baz
Mar 4, 2004, 14:42:50
 
Wouldn't it be great if SCO called t ...   Re: Too good to be true...   
Bill
Mar 4, 2004, 14:51:48
 
Perhaps ESR might go into legal trouble? ...   Re: Too good to be true...   
I R A Darth Aggie
Mar 4, 2004, 15:43:07
 
Even if Eric Raymond undergoes some inco ...   Re: Re: Too good to be true...   
Mario Miyojim
Mar 4, 2004, 16:07:30
 
1) This must be proven authentic.2)  Mr. ...   IF authentic   
Anon E Mouse
Mar 4, 2004, 17:51:51
 
> I have personally talked to MS israel  ...   Re: They lied to me   
Rufus Polson
Mar 4, 2004, 19:29:14
 
Congratulations and hat's off to the ...   Lest we forget the leaker   
Jon Buckle
Mar 4, 2004, 19:32:11
 
Rushing to publish the e-mail could be E ...   Apportunity Missed   
Abe
Mar 4, 2004, 19:35:07
 
the bad guys are about to be revealed..I ...   tra la la la la la :)   
Xunil Ung
Mar 5, 2004, 02:25:37
 
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