Did SCO Ever Truly Believe It Had the Unix Copyrights? | Linux Today

Did SCO Ever Truly Believe It Had the Unix Copyrights?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 13, 2007

“Anyone who has been following SCO’s legal claims against Linux
may remember the name Mike Anderer. He’s the SCO consultant that
emailed SCO’s vice president and general manager of SCOsource,
Chris Sontag, revealing a connection between Microsoft and the $50m
invested in SCO by BayStar Capital in October 2003.

“Judge Kimball’s recent decision that Novell is the rightful
owner of the Unix copyrights indicates that Anderer was also
involved in assessing the strength of SCO’s intellectual property
claims…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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