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:NewsForge: S2 'Mystery Man' Anderer Speaks on MS, SCO, and Licensing
NewsForge: S2 'Mystery Man' Anderer Speaks on MS, SCO, and Licensing
Mar 13, 2004, 16 :00 UTC (25 Talkback[s]) (11271 reads)

(Other stories by Chris Preimesberger)

"Mike Anderer was the author of the S2-to-SCO Group memo that comprises the 'Halloween X' document that was released to the press by Eric Raymond last week. Anderer, the CEO of S2 and the middleman in the SCO Group's $50 million PIPE transaction of last October 16 contacted us today, and while he is under a non-disclosure agreement and can't say very much about the $50 million PIPE deal, what follows are some of the thoughts he can share.

"I am certain people would like to know what is happening but I cannot talk to you without permission. I will tell you my background is integration and I am OS agnostic; the more there are the better. I will file close to 20 patents this year for companies in many spaces, including homeland security, anti-terrorism, several grid computing and virtual machine patents, and, ironically, I should have one issued in the expiring and disappearing e-mail arena. It was initiated 4-5 yrs ago..."

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NewsForge: How Microsoft Initiated $50 Million SCO Deal(Mar 12, 2004)
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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
it is kind of sad that he talks about mo ...   Fud and More Fud   
Brenda Banks
Mar 13, 2004, 16:50:14
 
Well, a point taken, and not much at tha ...   mystery man   
GH
Mar 13, 2004, 17:10:13
 
The leaked memo was barely coherent, mar ...   Mike, meet Mr Anderer   
Wendell Cochran
Mar 13, 2004, 17:12:53
 
He openly suggested that a major player  ...   Still working his mark..   
David D. Huff Jr.
Mar 13, 2004, 21:09:55
 
After reading it, I don't know one d ...   Re: Mike, meet Mr Anderer   
I R A Darth Aggie
Mar 13, 2004, 21:52:43
 
> I have decided that for me i will be > ...   Re: Fud and More Fud   
horne
Mar 14, 2004, 00:39:44
 
    Is it not amusing to watch guys like ...   Isn't kind of amusing?   
sskskdjkskds
Mar 14, 2004, 02:10:40
 
The kind that puts money ahead of commun ...   values-free businessman   
wildpossum
Mar 14, 2004, 02:17:03
 
It's obvious that the GPL rattles pe ...   Ignorance Arrogance   
GaAsP
Mar 14, 2004, 02:33:52
 
Baystar is busted, Microsoft is busted,  ...   Busted   
codez
Mar 14, 2004, 02:42:14
 
..... I am certain people would like to  ...   Let me see.....   
Brandioch Conner
Mar 14, 2004, 03:38:17
 
>>Nobody wants to be the ultimate guaran ...   What is he talking about?   
tony
Mar 14, 2004, 04:21:12
 
Its a strange world, where a group of pe ...   Strange Strange World   
Richard Corfield
Mar 14, 2004, 08:46:45
 
"I, robot." - Michael Anderer"I'm a  ...   Mystery Men?   
Anne A. Gram
Mar 14, 2004, 09:49:23
 
These comments sound like one big advert ...   One big ad hiding unethical behavior   
Ethical
Mar 14, 2004, 14:03:29
 
these guys all scramble for cover when t ...   Like roaches...   
d@
Mar 14, 2004, 14:47:15
 
> Yes it his "work" as he puts it. And s ...   Re: Still working his mark..   
Tony OBryan
Mar 14, 2004, 15:03:14
 
 Good idea. I have found a Knoppix-based ...   Re: Re: Fud and More Fud   
Void Main
Mar 14, 2004, 16:16:17
 
This scenario is like M$ is the big time ...   Big fish and small fish   
Xunil Ung
Mar 15, 2004, 01:29:08
 
In several cases, I am finally finding o ...   Re: Let me see.....   
Void Main
Mar 15, 2004, 03:33:10
 
I am sorry that I actually went to read  ...   and now lets go behind door #2   
Felix the Mentat
Mar 15, 2004, 13:07:16
 
Is there any way someone could collect A ...   Mr. Anderer read this now!   
Gage Turner
Mar 15, 2004, 15:33:30
 
Someone wrote: "Its a strange world, whe ...   Re: Mr. Anderer read this now!   
main event
Mar 15, 2004, 16:22:54
 
I don't know where to begin with thi ...   Don't know where to begin...   
JaseP
Mar 15, 2004, 19:45:09
 
.....I believe the software industry is  ...   Re: Let me see.....   
Bob.Jones
Mar 15, 2004, 23:01:37
 
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