eWeek: The Little SCO That Cried Wolf

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Dec 25, 2003

“Once upon a time, there was a little company named SCO that
lived in the town of Unix. Now, SCO often ventured out in the
woods. One day, it ran back shouting that that nasty bully IBM had
attacked it.

“And, what do you know? People paid attention! They came from
all around and said, ‘You poor little company with your Project
Monterey hopes all dashed! Poor little company–you may have a
point!

“SCO was happy. It hadn’t received so much attention in years.
And hey: Its stock price wasn’t doing so badly, either…”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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