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SCO Blames Linux For Bankruptcy Filing

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 18, 2007

“SCO Group CEO Darl McBride says competition from the open
source Linux operating system was a major reason why the company
was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on
Friday.

“In a court filing in support of SCO’s bankruptcy petition,
McBride noted that SCO’s sales of Unix-based products ‘have been
declining over the past several years…'”


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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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