Industry

A Side-Effect of Project Monterey

"We are alleging [IBM] have contaminated their Linux work with inappropriate knowledge from Unix," said Chris Sontag, senior vice president of operating systems at SCO
[c|net via OSNews]

Assuming that the allegations have some merit, which is cheaper for IBM: substitute Linux for AIX now, settle the case, see it through to trial, or buy SCO? As for the latter, SCO has 11,362,000 shares outstanding, currently trading at $2.21. That's a cheap $25,110,020, though it could easily run up.

Andrew Orlowski has a good piece, including background for those who haven't been paying attention, at The Register.

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