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eWeek: SCO Confirms 'Minor' Layoffs
May 5, 2004, 14 :00 UTC (19 Talkback[s]) (7146 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Dariusz Zelichowski for this link. ]

"Rumors that The SCO Group Inc. laid off some workers last week turned out to be true. According to Blake Stowell, communications director at SCO, the embattled Unix company laid off 'a minor numbers of employees across the board.'

"Stowell said the Lindon, Utah, company made the layoffs so it 'could be profitable within our core Unix business in the next quarter.' The cuts were companywide and were not confined, as rumor has had it, to just the engineering staff. In addition, the company made no changes to its management..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
... are still there, they got rid of the ...   If McBride and Stowell....   
Duane C. Mallory
May 5, 2004, 14:13:00
 
What Unix model? The only model I see SC ...   SCO Unix Model   
paul
May 5, 2004, 14:24:17
 
I'd like to know precisely how these ...   How?   
Sonam Dorji
May 5, 2004, 14:35:11
 
SCO to split into two companies, one for ...   Watch for   
Joe Kaplenk
May 5, 2004, 14:57:12
 
Unless they do a 180 and start trying to ...   WHAT real product??   
cr
May 5, 2004, 15:35:01
 
yaknow. Microsoft could hire redundant S ...   Is Microsoft hiring?   
steve poling
May 5, 2004, 15:43:28
 
Ya know Joe,  I think you may be right.  ...   Re: Watch for   
Joe Almeida
May 5, 2004, 15:54:58
 
If you've been following the 'do ...   satisfy Baystar; keep a few people as pretend   
Rick Stockton
May 5, 2004, 17:04:30
 
Obviously what SCO means by their core U ...   Re: SCO Unix Model   
Philip Stephens
May 5, 2004, 17:13:15
 
Hmmm, maybe they're only minor becau ...   Minor layoffs   
scott_R
May 5, 2004, 17:33:01
 
If you look at SCO's published cash  ...   Cash flow   
Mario Miyojim
May 5, 2004, 18:18:04
 
well, there are those clients that haven ...   Re: SCO Unix Model   
kws
May 5, 2004, 19:02:34
 
> What Unix model? The only model I see  ...   Re: SCO Unix Model   
Nicholas Donovan
May 5, 2004, 19:39:33
 
> SCO to split into two companies, one f ...   Re: Watch for   
mram
May 5, 2004, 22:25:24
 
So, they finally fired the last two prog ...   Last two   
Bojan Smojver
May 5, 2004, 22:54:20
 
> (3) SELL the Unixware business, and it ...   Re: satisfy Baystar; keep a few people as pretend   
sk43
May 5, 2004, 23:25:39
 
I once went through a lay-off. The boss  ...   employees   
Jerry Watson
May 6, 2004, 00:00:32
 
u gotta be kidding me... sco has nothing ...   Re: How?   
afreeman
May 7, 2004, 05:38:34
 
well, but then the ip company would not  ...   Re: Watch for   
anonymous
May 7, 2004, 05:58:16
 
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