After nearly a week of silence, BayStar Capital said Wednesday its move to retrieve a US$20 million investment in the SCO Group was part of an effort to induce major changes at the Linux litigator--including new senior management and a withdrawal from the Unix product business.
The SCO Group and BayStar Capital, the fund that arranged a crucial US$50 million investment in the Linux litigator, haven't settled their disagreements after all.
BayStar Capital, the investment fund that arranged a US$50 million cash infusion for the SCO Group, has begun selling its common shares.
BayStar Capital, the firm that arranged a US$50 million investment in the SCO Group but then sought to get its money back, has settled its disagreement with a deal to sell its preferred shares to SCO.
BayStar Capital is seeking to get back the US$20 million it invested in the SCO Group, raising issues for SCO's expensive and controversial legal campaign that argues Linux infringes its Unix copyrights.
Is Microsoft funding the SCO Group's legal fight against Linux? ZDNet hopes to shed some light and answer common questions swirling around the duo's relationship.
Novell's chief executive and chairman Jack Messman says contrary to popular belief his company learnt a lot from its mid-nineties tussle with Microsoft -- and now it's got the Linux community in its corner.
Former Ximian chief executive David Patrick, now a general manager at Novell, says the Office productivity suite is the key to breaking Microsoft's hold on the desktop.
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