[Am-info] CNET: Microsoft to license SCO's Unix code

[Mitch Stone]

I'm thinking of an episode from not that long ago. Microsoft was forced 
to release SCO from an onerous license agreement that required them to 
carry Microsoft code in SCO Unix and pay Microsoft a license fee even 
though SCO had been trying for years to jettison the code. The 
settlement such as it was came as a result of a European Union 
decision, but what I don't know is if SCO had also sued Microsoft 
civilly over this issue. If they did, this could be the legal 
settlement. The model for this is Microsoft's 1997 investment in Apple 
-- a deal which to this day most people do not understand had nothing 
to do with Microsoft's desire to be nice to Apple or invest in the 
future of the company.

Mitch

On Monday, May 19, 2003, at 04:10 PM, Roy Bixler wrote:

> That was long ago.