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Linux licensing battle ???
CNN.com - SCO investor demands changes or money back - Apr 23, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- An investment firm threatening to
withdraw its financial support of SCO Group Inc.'s Linux licensing
battle wants the company to shake up its management and sharpen its
focus on the potentially lucrative legal fight.
BayStar Capital Management LLC believes SCO needs to hire executives
with more savvy about intellectual property cases and spend less money
on its Unix products, BayStar spokesman Bob McGrath said.
McGrath said the misgivings about SCO's management and direction
prompted Larkspur, California-based BayStar to demand repayment of a
$20 million loan that's helping the company pay its mounting bills as
it sues several major users of Linux, alleging the operating system
infringes on its Unix license.[...]
[...]Losing BayStar's money would be a major blow to SCO, whose Linux
lawsuits target several deep-pocketed giants, including IBM Corp.,
DaimlerChrysler AG and AutoZone Inc.[...]
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