● 07.17.08

●● Microsoft-backed SCO Owes Money to Microsoft Partner, Novell

Posted in Courtroom, Finance, GNU/Linux, Law, Microsoft, SCO, UNIX at 4:31 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

SCO has already received its decent share of money from Microsoft and from BayStar (at the very least), through which Microsoft ensured SCO is funded to continue its legal battles against Linux. The decision on Novell/SCO is now in and a preliminary look suggests that Novell, which may be acquired by Microsoft one day, is set to inherit some of SCO’s assets and money.

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OK. I’ve read it now once through, and the big picture is this: Judge Kimball did not change anything in his August 10th order, which I was afraid might happen. He could have, had he heard anything that he didn’t know when he made that order. So, SCO breached its fiduciary duty to Novell, converted funds, and so it has to pay. That is ironic, in that this case started with SCO accusing Novell of slander of title, and asking for millions in damages. Instead it has to *pay* Novell millions.

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From all of these UNIX/Linux wars, one party among several that benefit is Microsoft. Groklaw opines that Microsoft is the next SCO. █

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