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Is Acacia link with Microsoft just smoke?

Acacia Technologies, the patent firm which has publicly denied any link with Microsoft, took capital in 2003 from BayStar Capital, which for a time acted as a capital conduit from Microsoft to SCO Research, according to Groklaw. This could all be just coincidence, or smoke, as the saying...

Tags: Acacia Technologies Group, Microsoft Corp., Smoke, BayStar Capital, Coincidence, Venture Capital World, Venture Capital, Investment, Open Source, Finance, Financing Startups, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-23

BayStar confirms Microsoft referral to SCO

BayStar confirms Microsoft referral to SCOYeah, MS would do so, like IBMseeds open source with contributory code and funds. Sun bought StarOffice to open up OpenOffice as a cash cow killer to MS Office ooops took out Corel as well. Like which companies wouldn't seed a counterstrike on their...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Vulcan, BayStar, Microsofts, Slashdot, Microsoft Corp., SCO Group Inc., BayStar Capital

Discussion threads 2004-03-11

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Skepticism on denial of a Microsoft-Linux suit connection

We've gotten a lot of comment here regarding Paula's fine interview with Microsoft spokesman Mark Martin. Martin is technically right in all he says. Microsoft is not a party to Acacia's suit, filed on behalf of its IP Innovation unit. It is not involved in the litigation....

Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Steve, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Can Microsoft get its $12 million back from SCO?

A judge has ruled that SCO doesn't own the Unix copyright. -- SCO's claim to which was at the crux of its threats against Linux. What does this ruling mean to Microsoft, if anything?As my blogging colleague Dana Blankenhorn notes, the SCO ruling seemingly has no impact on Microsoft's allegations...

Tags: SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-08-13

Microsoft-Novell: Oracle's the elephant in the room

Microsoft-Novell: Oracle's the elephant in the roomAbout Time!With Microsoft's help, Novell will wipe the floor with them.why?why do you think it's still about oracle? all you've given us is an anecdotal rebuttal to your own opinion.Have you read Groklaw lately?Mr. Goldfarb, formerly of BayStar Capital, which for a while was...

Tags: Linux, Business structures, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-11-02

Novell's fraud claim against SCO

Novell's fraud claim against SCOTaking Unfair AdvantageYou should be ashamed, Joe. It's not funny when a big corporation like SCO takes unfair advantage of the naivete of unsophisticated people like those at Microsoft and Sun.MS as a victimLet's See MS Exec's recommend SCO to Baystar which pumps 10s of...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, SCO Group Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Unix, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-08-04

Canadian bank backs away from SCO

Canadian bank backs away from SCOSo how many people have to say SCO has no case?For the real non-FUDdish versions, check out groklaw.netBWAAAHAHAHAHA!!!Oh, this is nice... more and more folks realizing that SCO has no case. Nice! Now if we can just arrange a nice 4x6 cell for...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, IBM Corp., SCO Group Inc., BayStar

Discussion threads 2004-05-07

Start-up launches Linux legal protection

Start-up launches Linux legal protectionBetter off buying licenses...As a CIO of one of the most respected Microsoft customers in the world, I advise all firms to buy licenses from SCO directly. This saves the heartache later on down the road. Although I would never touch Linux with a 100 foot...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, EMac, SCO Group Inc., Linux, BayStar, OSS, insurance

Discussion threads 2004-04-19

SCO gets $50 million investment

SCO gets $50 million investmentBaystar may find itself paying hefty Linux feeshttp://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=baystarcapital.comSolid investmentThis is the way to invest man, find a company that is innovating and blazing trails in so many directions. UnixWare and OpenServer are the most amazing non-Microsoft products I have ever used. Now don't get me wrong,...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, sco, SCO Group Inc.

Discussion threads 2003-10-16