ran across this in a linux based newsgroup. looks like interesting things are happeneing. --------------- Forwarded message (begin) Subject: IBM Probes Microsoft's Relationship with SCO From: Roy Schestowitz Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:15:50 -0700 Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/260537_msftibm23.html IBM demands documents detailing Microsoft's rivalry with Linux "IBM Corp. is seeking to compel Microsoft Corp. to hand over internal documents detailing its rivalry with the Linux operating system, in a move that could shed new light on the Redmond company's response to one of its biggest competitive threats." "...It's the latest development in IBM's long-running legal dispute with the SCO Group. SCO, a software company based in Lindon, Utah, has filed suit against IBM and other companies, alleging that components of its Unix software were added illegally to Linux. Microsoft isn't a party to the litigation, and it says it's not involved. But that assertion has been under scrutiny since 2003, when Microsoft began licensing Unix technology from SCO. Ultimately, the related payments from Microsoft to SCO totaled more than $16 million, or 21 percent of SCO's revenue that year..." --------------- Forwarded message (end) --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss