● 12.29.07

●● Do-No-Evil Saturday – Part I: Leaving SCOX in the Past

Posted in Corel, Finance, Novell, SCO, UNIX at 5:31 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

●●● SCOX is No More

Earlier this week, SCO showed some of its last signs of death. Let’s hope it’s not a case of changing SCOX (pronounced socks). It probably isn’t and in any event, Novell is unlikely to receive much (if anything at all).

SCO’s Postpetition Liabilities = $6 Million+ — Tanner’s Bills & SCO’s Operating Reports

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More bankruptcy filings from the 21st of December, including two bills from the accountants, Tanner LC, and SCO’s most recent operating reports for SCO Group and SCO Operations.

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That is where so much of the money went, of course, to the law firms. I wonder if Novell will try to get them to cough some of that back up again?

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SCO Group delisted by Nasdaq – Salt Lake Tribune

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The Nadaq stock exchange today suspended trading of the stock of the Lindon-based The SCO Group, which is trying to reorganize under federal bankruptcy protection.

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For some related humour, see this fictional IRC log.

●●● Diving Into the Past

Google’s glory frequently has Novell cited because the CEO. Here is an article from the Microsoft-affiliated Motley Fool.

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So Szulik leaves the company in surprisingly appropriate hands. The Whitehurst hire reminds me of when Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) tapped Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) CEO Eric Schmidt to lead the young company into a big, bold future, except that Red Hat looked in some mildly surprising places to find its man.

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InfoWorld tells the story of WordPerfect and Novell’s role as a victim amidst Microsoft’s abuses.

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But WordPerfect was late with its first Windows version, and then the bundling of Word with Microsoft Office on many PCs resulted in WordPerfect’s sale – first to Novell, then Corel in 1996 – aimed at producing a competitive office suite. While retaining popularity in some markets, particularly legal circles, WordPerfect now generally gets little attention as a Word competitor compared to free software alternatives.

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It’s a blast from the past, but the article (a long blog post actually) is new and it takes some of today’s developments into account. █

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