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SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is copy of Unix'
News More interestingly, some observers have predicted that victory for Novell would open the door for it to sue other vendors, including Sun: "I am still going through the Novell financial filings but they could have a claim to a lot more than the...
[May 2, 2008, 17:12]
SCO suffers another loss
News SCO's controversial SCOsource Linux licences — which it says protects users from being sued for using Linux — also proved less popular. SCO, the Unix vendor embroiled in a long-running legal battle over Linux, has recorded another financial loss.
[March 2, 2007, 15:53]
'Failing' SCO sees Linux licence revenue plunge
Talkback The great SCOsource lie is that it is strictly a "Unix in Linux" licensing scheme. A cursory examination of past SCOsource revenue reveals that the Microsoft, Sun, and other source code licenses were all under the SCOsource umbrella.
[September 9, 2005, 23:10]
Unix decline extends SCO revenue drop
News SCO had hoped to sell licences to protect Linux users from legal attack, but there have been few takers; revenue from that SCOsource initiative was $30,000 in the most recent quarter. The SCO Group's revenue continued to decline in its most recent...
[June 2, 2005, 15:15]
SCO reports further financial gloom
News In regard to the SCOsource effort to make money through this licensing and litigation, revenue declined from $10.3m a year ago to $120,000 in the most recent quarter, SCO said. Costs for the SCOsource programme are high, however: $4.3m for the...
[December 22, 2004, 7:45]
SCO announces plans for new legal Web site
Talkback perhaps SCO will host it at http://scosource.com --oops, no. It looks like SCO overlooked registering the rather obvious domain name when setting up the SCOSource business!
[October 17, 2004, 5:29]
SCO puts limit on its legal payments
News In addition, the SCOsource effort, which includes the lawsuits as well as a largely unsuccessful attempt to sell Unix intellectual property licences to Linux users, fared better in the most recent quarter.
[September 1, 2004, 9:25]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The next time he was on the phone to a SCO spokesman, he asked "if you're not going to sue anyone, who's going to buy a SCOSource licence? Wednesday 18/8/2004 Back in the office, the normal August lacunae is absent.
[August 20, 2004, 18:35]
SCO ponders hike in 'Linux IP' licence fees
Talkback No one is interested in SCOSource regardless of how many press releases SCO issue saying otherwise. Great business sense, threatening that the price *may* go up so buy your licenses while they are cheap.
[August 10, 2004, 12:38]
SCO ponders hike in 'Linux IP' licence fees
News He told ZDNet UK that SCO was "evaluating" its SCOSource programme, and could decide to make it much more expensive for companies to indemnify themselves against attack from SCO in the future. Two types of IP licences are currently on offer from...
[August 10, 2004, 11:25]
SCO and BayStar still fighting
News Duelling press releases indicate that the dispute centres on SCO's disclosures about its SCOsource program, which sells Unix intellectual property. According to SCO, BayStar claims that SCO has given inconsistent statements to the public and to...
[July 26, 2004, 9:10]
SCO refreshes Unix line-up
News The company's SCOsource effort, which includes its legal actions and its attempt -- largely unsuccessful so far -- to sell intellectual property licences to Linux users, could trigger more declines, SCO disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday.
[June 16, 2004, 9:10]
SCO allowed to delay IBM trial
News SCO had a $15m net loss for its most recent quarter, $4.4m of which was from its SCOsource lawsuits and largely unsuccessful efforts to get Linux users to buy SCO intellectual property licenses to avoid legal actions.
[June 14, 2004, 8:45]
SCO reports poor results
News In the second quarter, though, its SCOsource licensing effort yielded only $11,000 in revenue at a cost of $4.5m in expenses. The SCO Group reported lacklustre second-quarter results on Thursday, with revenue falling across its three divisions and...
[June 10, 2004, 16:40]
BayStar buys more of SCO
News In SCO's most recent quarter, it spent $3.4m on legal bills and other expenses from the SCOsource effort to profit from its Unix intellectual property. The Royal Bank of Canada has sold two-thirds of its investment in the SCO Group to co-investor...
[May 10, 2004, 12:35]
SCO lays off staff to boost balance sheet
News It garnered only $20,000 during the quarter from its SCOsource plan to extract revenue from its Unix intellectual property -- for example by charging or suing Linux users -- but said that revenue source will grow.
[May 5, 2004, 9:05]
Proof emerges of SCO's Microsoft link
News In its most recent quarter, the company spent $3.4m in its legal actions and other aspects of its SCOsource initiative to profit from Linux use. Investment company BayStar Capital has confirmed ties between two Linux foes, saying on Thursday that a...
[March 12, 2004, 7:25]
Microsoft email 'misunderstood' - SCO
News The cost of these suits and the rest of the company's SCOsource effort to derive more money from its intellectual property was $3.4m for the company's most recent quarter. Bob Bench, SCO's chief financial officer, said Wednesday that the company...
[March 5, 2004, 7:55]
Computer Associates buys SCO's Linux licence
News The SCOsource effort hasn't been terribly lucrative recently, bringing in $20,000 in revenue in its most recent quarter, compared with costs of $3.4m in the quarter -- due in part to lawsuits involving IBM, Novell, Red Hat, AutoZone and...
[March 5, 2004, 7:45]
Open-source guru claims proof of MS-SCO link
News The memo is a 12 October, 2003, message from Mike Anderer, of strategic consultants S2, to Chris Sontag, vice president and general manager of SCOsource, which is SCO's effort to reap revenues from its Unix intellectual property.
[March 4, 2004, 16:30]
