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SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is copy of Unix'

...have a claim to a lot more than the value of the SCOsource licences from Sun alone," said one commentator on Groklaw. SCOsource is a... Read more

2 May, 2008 by Peter Judge

SCO reports further financial gloom

...by licensing its intellectual property to Linux users. In regard to the SCOsource effort to make money through this licensing and litigation, revenue declined from... Read more

22 December, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

SCO brings Linux licensing to Europe

...the licences worldwide, Chris Sontag, senior vice president and general manager of SCOsource, which is the intellectual property licensing arm of SCO, conceded that the... Read more

14 January, 2004 by Matt Loney

SCO Linux lawsuits could hit users this year

...an interview with ZDNet UK on Tuesday, Gregory Blepp, vice president of SCOsource -- the IP licensing division within SCO -- said that the first of the... Read more

26 November, 2003 by Matt Loney

SCO makes a profit, increases revenue

...system. In its April results, the company touted early success for its SCOsource initiative to license and protect its Unix property. SCO said that the... Read more

28 May, 2003 by Sandeep Junnarkar

SCO admits it may fold

Having filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, SCO claims it may go under permanently, depending on how much the court decides it owes Novell Read more

19 September, 2007 by David Meyer

SCO ponders hike in 'Linux IP' licence fees

...out of pocket. He told ZDNet UK that SCO was "evaluating" its SCOSource programme, and could decide to make it much more expensive for companies... Read more

10 August, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

SCO suffers another loss

...in the quarter, down from $6m a year earlier. SCO's controversial SCOsource Linux licences — which it says protects users from being sued for using... Read more

2 March, 2007 by Graeme Wearden

Unix decline extends SCO revenue drop

...from legal attack, but there have been few takers; revenue from that SCOsource initiative was $30,000 in the most recent quarter. SCO chief executive... Read more

2 June, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

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

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...re not going to sue anyone, who's going to buy a SCOSource licence?" "Ah," said the spokesman. "We're looking at that programme. All... Read more

20 August, 2004

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...re not going to sue anyone, who's going to buy a SCOSource licence?" "Ah," said the spokesman. "We're looking at that programme. All... Read more

20 August, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

SCO and BayStar still fighting

...releases indicate that the dispute centres on SCO's disclosures about its SCOsource program, which sells Unix intellectual property. BayStar, based in Larkspur, Calif., said... Read more

26 July, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

SCO refreshes Unix line-up

...operating systems, "particularly Linux," and to lowered computing spending. The company's SCOsource effort, which includes its legal actions and its attempt -- largely unsuccessful so... Read more

16 June, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

SCO allowed to delay IBM trial

...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... Read more

14 June, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto and Stephen Shankland

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