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SCO Teleconference at 2 PM Today
Tuesday, August 05 2003 @ 12:18 PM EDT

Yup. More. At 2 PM EDT, they say we can call in to hear them tell us how saddened they are to find themselves sued. Nah. They want to tell you about their licensing problem, oh, I mean program. Here's the scoop:

Number : Toll Free within North America: 1-800-238-9007
International: 719-457-2622
Password to enter call: 274040

When: Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003
2:00 p.m. EDT, 11:00 a.m. PDT

Who: Press and industry analysts interested in UNIX and Linux intellectual property issues

Replay: An audio replay will be available for interested media and analysts. To gain a copy, e-mail the SCO PR team at scopr@sco.com or the Schwartz Communications team at sco@schwartz-pr.com.

It seems this time you must be screened if you want an audio replay later. No more Mr. Nice Guy.

Update: Also, Darl McBride was interviewed by WallStreetAudio, and the company actually put out a press release to let us know about it:

WallStreetAudio.com Posts Management Interview with The SCO Group

IRVINE, Calif., Aug 05, 2003 -- The SCO Group's (Nasdaq:SCOX) Mr. Darl McBride, President and CEO, was recently interviewed by WallStreetAudio.com.

The interview can be heard on http://www.WallStreetAudio.com and also on http://www.Cantos.com in the U.K.

The interview discusses the U.S. Copyright offices assignment of UNIX copyrights, the strategic acquisition of the assets of Vultus, Inc. and the rollout of an asset management system for the British Army.

About the SCO Group

The SCO Group, the owner and licensor of the core UNIX operating system source code, helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable, localized support and services to all partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services, visit http://www.sco.com

About WallStreetAudio.com

WallStreetAudio.com (WSA) is an Internet financial news and information portal focused on corporate disclosure. WSA produces compelling audio interviews with top management from U.S. based public companies and industry specific educational symposiums for the investment community. Distribution in the U.S. is through the www.WallStreetAudio.com website and in the U.K. through www.Cantos.com. Utilizing streaming audio technologies, WSA brings the investment community relevant and timely information from companies who wish to provide investor's with regular access to important information. WSA is free to the public.

The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 37A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the company's hopes, beliefs, intentions, or strategies regarding the future. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, expectation of growth rates, new business, and acquisitions.


  


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radiocomment
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 05 2003 @ 09:49 AM EDT
Linux pricing announced

$699 for one CPU http://biz.yahoo.com/pr news/030805/latu094_1.html


quatermass

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radiocomment
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 05 2003 @ 10:03 AM EDT
$699 is the initial price. It will rise: $1,399 after Oct. 15, Stowell said.

http://www. infoworld.com/article/03/08/05/HNscolicense_1.html


quatermass

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radiocomment
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 05 2003 @ 10:03 AM EDT
$699 is the initial price. It will rise: $1,399 after Oct. 15, Stowell said.

http://www. infoworld.com/article/03/08/05/HNscolicense_1.html


quatermass

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radiocomment
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 05 2003 @ 10:13 AM EDT
From the Yahoo story that quatermass posted:

"The run-time license permits the use of SCO's intellectual property, in binary form only, as contained in Linux distributions. By purchasing a SCO Intellectual Property License, customers avoid infringement of SCO's intellectual property rights in Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.5 kernels... SCO announced in July...that it would offer licenses to cure the SCO IP infringement issues for Linux operating systems."

I can think of a much simpler way to "cure" the SCO IP "infringement" issues: Tell us what code you think is infringing. Then we can strip it out immediately, rewrite, and go on with our lives without bothering (or bothering with) SCO any more.

Oh wait, that doesn't get them any money. Silly me. I must not be thinking like a businessperson.


Nick

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radiocomment
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 05 2003 @ 10:24 AM EDT
SCO have blown it PR-wise with this pricing. A while back on GrokLaw I commented
that SCO's scheme could only work if they (at least initially) priced at a
knock-down level, i.e. similar to the cost of a boxed distro; the idea being to
get enough PHB's to cough up on the "what the hell, it's only $100" basis to
garner them the publicity of "Look, thousands of users have agreed with us!"
Even $699 is enough to make the head of purchasing say "Do we really need to pay
this?" -answer from company lawyers, "No."
Dr Stupid

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radiocomment
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 05 2003 @ 11:27 AM EDT
2.4 million X $699 = $1.68 billion 2.4 million X £1399 = $3.36 billion

Could this explain their pricing?

If they win $3bn against IBM and get licensing fees, are they getting paid twice?


anon

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radiocomment
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 05 2003 @ 06:51 PM EDT
"licensing problem, oh, I mean program."

Don't you mean, er, "licensing pogrom"?


RustyShaft

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