* David Herman
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On Monday 19 May 2003 04:03 am, Graham Murray wrote:
Curtis Rey
writes: "Microsoft will license the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a move that could impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the market for computer operating systems."
I thought that when Microsoft sold Xenix, that they were prohibited from ever again selling Unix.
m$ doesn't always sell the things they license, for example in the early days of the browser wars m$ licensed spyglass (I believe) browser aggreeing to give spyglass x amount for each copy m$ sold. Well m$ turned around and gave away free copies of the software, since they hadn't actually sold the software they owed spyglass nothing.
Is it possible that m$ only licensed the code to provide SCO with funds ($$s) to battle IBM and ergo, Linux ???? -- Patrick Shanahan Please avoid TOFU and trim >quotes< http://wahoo.no-ip.org Registered Linux User #207535 icq#173753138 @ http://counter.li.org Linux, a continuous *learning* experience