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Friday 2 November 2007, 12:38 PM
Unix - worth $36 million?
Anyone doubting the end of Unix, in favour of Linux, should check into some of the details of the imminent bankruptcy of SCO.
SCO has asked a court for permission to sell its assets as it goes into Chapter 11 bankruptcy - and the price of Unix is $36 million, according to one dissection of the case.
There's plenty more legal wrangling to go, and Groklaw is all over it, rubbing its hands in glee.
The $36 million is about two years' revenue for SCO's declining Unix business, and the company might be hoping for a higher offer, according to the Inquirer, which also suggests a link with IP Innovation, the company that has followed in SCO's wake, and sued Red Hat and Novell for patent infringement.
SCO has asked a court for permission to sell its assets as it goes into Chapter 11 bankruptcy - and the price of Unix is $36 million, according to one dissection of the case.
There's plenty more legal wrangling to go, and Groklaw is all over it, rubbing its hands in glee.
The $36 million is about two years' revenue for SCO's declining Unix business, and the company might be hoping for a higher offer, according to the Inquirer, which also suggests a link with IP Innovation, the company that has followed in SCO's wake, and sued Red Hat and Novell for patent infringement.
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