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Proof emerges of SCO's Microsoft link

Investment company BayStar Capital has confirmed ties between two Linux foes, saying on Thursday that... Read more

12 March, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

SCO accepts $50m investment

...in legal action around Linux and Unix, announced a $50m investment by BayStar Capital on Thursday, marking a reversal of plans it discussed in May... Read more

17 October, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

BayStar's common shares go on the market

BayStar Capital, the investment fund that arranged a $50m cash infusion for the... Read more

29 September, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

BayStar settles differences with SCO

BayStar Capital, the firm that arranged a $50m (£27m) investment in the SCO... Read more

2 June, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Investor wants to pull out of SCO

BayStar Capital is seeking to get back the $20m (£11.05m) it invested... Read more

19 April, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

SCO receives funding to pursue Linux litigation

...statement. Investing in SCO has proven difficult in the past. One fund, BayStar Capital Management, invested $50m in 2003, but unwound the deal in 2004... Read more

15 February, 2008 by Stephen Shankland

IBM demands details of SCO dealings with HP, Microsoft, Sun

...boost in August or September of 2003, when it referred SCO to BayStar Capital, a fund that arranged a $50m investment. Sun itself must reveal... Read more

22 February, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

SCO puts limit on its legal payments

The company, which is attempting to claim rights over Linux, has come to an agreement with its law firm over legal costs Read more

1 September, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

SCO and BayStar still fighting

The SCO Group and BayStar Capital, the fund that arranged a crucial $50m (£27m) investment in the... Read more

26 July, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

SCO reports poor results

...of $10m to $12m. Earlier this month, SCO reached an agreement with BayStar Capital, under which the company would pay $13m in cash and 2... Read more

10 June, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto

BayStar buys more of SCO

...two-thirds of its investment in the SCO Group to co-investor BayStar Capital, giving the hedge fund more power in its search for major... Read more

10 May, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

SCO lays off staff to boost balance sheet

...t influenced by the urging of one of SCO's major investors, BayStar Capital, which earlier in April said SCO should drop its Unix product... Read more

5 May, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

BayStar wants management changes at SCO

After nearly a week of silence, BayStar Capital said on Wednesday that its move to retrieve a $20m (£11... Read more

22 April, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Embattled SCO picks new financial head

...recent quarter alone. Last week, one of the company's major investors, BayStar Capital, said it would attempt to recover $20m it had invested in... Read more

22 April, 2004 by Matt Hines

Open-source guru claims proof of MS-SCO link

...hand in a $50m (£27m) investment in SCO by venture capital firm BayStar Capital, something previously denied by BayStar. The document also says Microsoft directly... Read more

4 March, 2004 by Matthew Broersma

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