Proof SCO Knew IBM Was Involved in Linux From 1998 Onward

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 24, 2010

“Look what I just found, SCO’s Partners page from 2002, on
Internet Archive, and lo and behold, it provides proof positive
that SCO, then calling itself Caldera, knew that IBM was involved
with Linux as far back as 1998. That’s the year Santa Cruz and IBM
signed the agreement regarding Project Monterey, executed in
October of 1998. No one, therefore, Santa Cruz or Caldera, had any
reason to be in the dark about IBM’s Linux activities while IBM was
also working on Project Monterey.

“Now that the old caldera.com pages are on Internet Archive
again, thanks to SCO selling off the domain name, many interesting
things are surfacing, and we find out why SCO tried to hide them
for so long. They should have waited a little bit longer.

“I took some screenshots for you:”

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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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