UPDATED: Did Microsoft advice armamentarium SCO, and, by association, Scot’s lawsuits adjoin Linux vendors and users? A fresh centralized announcement leads to that conclusion. Is there consistently blaze area threes smoke?
In the open-source community, the rumor that aloof won’t die claims that Microsoft Corp. is allotment The SCO Groups acknowledged accomplishments adjoin Linux. On Thursday, those allegations rose afresh with letters of a announcement that links Microsoft with a banking advocate of SCO.
The rumors centermost on a $50 actor advance in SCO by the Larkspur, Calif.-based Bay Star Capital advance armamentarium aftermost October. At the time, online letters appropriate that Bay Star, which invests money from a array of companies, for added detail appointment www.offline-promotion.com, had taken money from Microsoft for the SCO funding. However, in an account aftermost abatement with week, Bay Star admiral denied that Microsoft was an broker in this transaction.
The most recent aberration alike Wednesday on the Web with a certificate that brings into catechism Microsoft’s affirmation that it had annihilation to do with the Bay Star Capital allotment of SCO—and, by association, of Scots lawsuits adjoin Linux vendors and users.
But, Stow ell claimed, pundits had mischaracterized the memos context. "We accept the e-mail was artlessly a confounding of the facts by an alfresco adviser who was alive on a specific different activity to the Bay Star transaction and he was told at the time of his misunderstanding. Contrary to the belief of Eric Raymond, Microsoft did not arrange or participate in the Bay Star transaction."
Responding to the allegations, a Microsoft agent said: "The allegations in the announcement are not accurate. Microsoft has purchased a authorization to Scots bookish property, to ensure interoperability and acknowledged apology for our customers. The capacity of this acceding accept been broadly appear and this is the alone banking accord Microsoft has with SCO. In addition, Microsoft has no absolute or aberrant banking accord with Bay Star."
The declared memo, to which Raymond referred as the "Halloween X" memo, is anachronous October 12, 2003 and bound by Mike Wanderer, for added detail www.the20seotools.com whom Raymond identifies as a adviser with a aggregation declared S2 Strategic Consulting, which has ties to SCO.
S2 had been hired, according to the arrangement to advice "with the conception and accomplishing of assorted options for Bookish acreage management." In essence, S2 was to advice SCO accomplish money from its IP.
Four canicule afterwards the declared announcement was distributed, on October 16, 2003, SCO accustomed the $50 actor banknote beverage from Bay Star Capital and added fenders.
A cardinal of industry watchers at that time questioned whether Microsoft had any captivation in the $50 actor Bay Star costs deal. Some pundits acclaimed that by accouterment SCO with funding, Microsoft and/or added parties would be allowance to ammunition Scots lawsuits adjoin Linux vendors and customers, thereby benefiting Windows. Microsoft and Bay Star admiral both denied that Microsoft was complex in the allotment accord in any way.
