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“A previously secret licensee of SCO Group’s Unix intellectual
property has revealed its identity: Unix leader Sun
Microsystems.“SCO’s Unix licensing plan got a major boost of publicity in May
when Microsoft announced its decision to license Unix from SCO, but
Sun actually was the first company to sign on. SCO and Sun
confirmed the licensing deal on Wednesday.“The pact, signed earlier this year, expanded the rights Sun
acquired in 1994 to use Unix in its Solaris operating system. But
there’s more to the relationship: SCO also granted Sun a warrant to
buy as many as 210,000 shares of SCO stock at $1.83 per share as
part of the licensing deal, according to a regulatory document
filed Tuesday…”