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Monday, June 19 2006 @ 12:54 PM EDT
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There's a new press release from SCO. On June 20th, SCO's CEO Darl McBride will tell the world about "a new investment program." I have no idea if this means the PIPE Fairy left more money under SCO's pillow or if the company has figured out a new way for us to give them money, but we'll find out together on Tuesday at 9 AM, Eastern. Because the invitation says that software developers should attend, I'm leaning to the latter, but if the company is relying on software developers to help them along, I have my doubts how well that is going to work out for them. But hey, whatever. Update: I've now been sent a copy of the invitation sent to one Groklaw member, and it calls the program a
"New Developer Investment Opportunity." The Who Should Attend paragraph reads like this: Software developers and members of the media and analyst community who cover SCO, development trends, and the development of mobile and wireless services and applications. So it appears you coders will be offered an opportunity to make big money working from home. I'm guessing Me Inc. again. Here's the press release.
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SCO President and CEO, Darl McBride to Host Press Conference on Tuesday, June 20th
LINDON, Utah, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") (Nasdaq: SCOX), a leading provider of UNIX(R) software technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, today announced it will hold a conference call Tuesday, June 20th to make a significant announcement in regard to a new investment program. Both Darl McBride and Sandy Gupta, general manager UNIX and CTO, The SCO Group will speak during the conference call.
In conjunction with the conference call, the company will release a press release on the new investment program.
WHAT: New Investment Program
WHEN: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. MST
HOW: To participate in the live call, please dial toll free
1-800-289-0544 or use the toll number 1-913-981-5533; confirmation
code: 9023430.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Software developers and members of the media and
analyst community who cover SCO, development trends,
and the development of mobile and wireless services
and applications.
You may also join the call in listen-only mode via a
live Webcast from SCO's investor relations web site at
http://ir.sco.com/events.cfm.
About SCO
The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX) is a leading provider of UNIX software technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, offering SCO OpenServer for small to medium business, UnixWare for enterprise applications, and Me Inc. and EdgeClick for mobile services. SCO's highly innovative and reliable solutions help millions of customers grow their businesses everyday, from SCO OpenServer on Main Street to UnixWare on Wall Street, and beyond. SCO owns the core UNIX operating system, originally developed by AT&T/Bell Labs and is the exclusive licensor to UNIX-based system software providers.
Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of thousands of resellers and developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services, visit http://www.sco.com .
SCO, SCO OpenServer and the associated SCO logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX and UnixWare are registered trademarks of The Open Group. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.
SOURCE The SCO Group, Inc.
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| Authored by: feldegast on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 01:05 PM EDT |
Please make links clickable
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IANAL
The above post is (C)Copyright 2006 and released under the Creative Commons
License Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0
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| Authored by: feldegast on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 01:07 PM EDT |
So PJ can find them
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IANAL
The above post is (C)Copyright 2006 and released under the Creative Commons
License Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 01:36 PM EDT |
This must be some creative concept, getting developers to attend a meeting about
investment. Possibilities:
- developers pay licence fee and receive
equity?
- share issue related to supporting development?
- code development
now moved to Nigerian subsidiary. Develop now or you will be sued. Be paid later
from proceeds of SCOG v IBM and spambot operations?
- all your code belong us.
Thanks for the investment of your blood sweat and tears.
- more smoke and
mirrors (my personal favourite)
Since the real value of a share in SCOG
is probably worth -$5 or so, it strikes me as strange for anyone to consider
investing more money (or anything in kind) in SCOG.
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| Authored by: kurtwall on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 01:46 PM EDT |
Having failed as a going software concern (not to mention ethics and plain
old common sense), SCO are branching out into MLM (multi-level
marketing) that probably involves their new
spam-your-cell-phone-and-PDA Edge Click service. [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 01:50 PM EDT |
... that they were going to have some kind of program to pay developers to code
for them, a kind of auction or bounty or something. Perhaps this is a
developemnt of that SCO Developer Network.
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Rsteinmetz - IANAL therefore my opinions are illegal.
"I could be wrong now, but I don't think so."
Randy Newman - The Title Theme from Monk
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| Authored by: _Arthur on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 01:51 PM EDT |
Maybe they'll launch the long-awaited SCOmarketplace, that was supposed to
challenge the Open Source development model ??
More likely, they tie pyramidal sales of SCO-ME to stock options ?
_Arthur[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: hardcode57 on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 01:51 PM EDT |
The assumption is that this is a program for investment into SCO. Is this a good
assumption.
SCO's products have a shrinking developer base. What if they're proposing
investment in 3rd party app developers?
Obviously, they have no money actually to do so, but the PR is good, showing the
markets that they are addressing an issue, and actually think of themselves as
an ongoing business, and not just a litigation shop.[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: PhilFrisbie on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 02:16 PM EDT |
This may be too cynical (even for SCO), but what if this new strategy is
something like this:
Offer developers free SCO licenses for software development and/or testing.
Later offer developers a look at the source code to better debug their
programs.
These developers that have looked at source code are now tainted, and all open
source code projects they contribute to can be targeted for 'methods and
concepts' lawsuits.
Of course, this assumes SCO is still around to sue anyone!
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| Authored by: kawabago on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 02:17 PM EDT |
Or it could be the Brooklyn Bridge. SCO built it don't ya know!
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| Authored by: Steve Martin on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 02:32 PM EDT |
the development of mobile and wireless services and
applications.
This makes me think it's perhaps
something to do with their "Me Inc". Perhaps they're going to spin it off and
offer stock? Or perhaps they've landed a new, large account for such services
(does anyone know if, say, Microsoft uses such facilities to message their
employees?)
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"When I say something, I put my name next to it." --
Isaac Jaffee, "Sports Night" [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 02:54 PM EDT |
| Perhaps they're running how-to-get-rich seminars like the "own a plot in utah"
infomercials.
SCO may not have any relevance as a software company; but they
sure do have 1337 skilz when it comes to getting investment dollars.
Perhaps
their new message is "software developers having a hard time finding a job ---
come to us to learn how to swindle mucho dollars out of microsoft through their
investment partners like BayStar, and paying your selves the big bonuses ---
that's a much quicker way to get rich than actually making software".
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| Authored by: James Wells on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 02:57 PM EDT |
Greetings,
I suspect they are going to do something similar to Google's Summer Of Code
program. They will offer all of the developers a chance to develop code for
stock instead of pay. SCO will then apply SCO's version of the open source
license to it. These developers will then have full visibility into ME, which
SCO will use to target real FOSS prjects that these developers work with for
various suits and "fees".[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: gbl on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 03:05 PM EDT |
| Perhaps their "white box" systems deal was so successful that they are going to
recuit more representitives...
More likely, it will be some kind of "Invest
in us and we'll pay big bucks when we beat IBM in court. 1000% return in
investment and all you need do is buy a Linux license at only
$600..."
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If you love some code, set it free. [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: ThatBobGuy on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 03:16 PM EDT |
Marketing people really bother my sensiblities.
The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX)
*most of the time, depends on current status with SEC.*
is a leading provider
*leading WHO in what???*
Me Inc. and EdgeClick for mobile services.
*My wife is recieving spam text messages to her cell phone. Coincidence? I
think not*
SCO's highly innovative and reliable solutions help millions of customers
*Millions of customer? I would like to see that verified. Thier definition
must be VERY lose. Nothing new here, any "inovation" they claim was
done by IBM in the 70's.*
UnixWare on Wall Street
*Doesn't say what Unixware is actually doing. Could be the toilet paper
ordering system, foot prop, space heater... I'm certain is has nothing to do
with trading as that would require a cluster solution. WAIT, I have it!!!! Like
Autozone, they dumped it years ago, but did not notify SCO.. I smell lawsuit..*
SCO owns the core UNIX operating system, originally developed by AT&T/Bell
Labs and is the exclusive licensor to UNIX-based system software providers.
*but we are not really sure. We want to own it, but Novell says we can't have
it. Still looking for the paperwork. We are in litigation with Novel, and have
ordered them prove our case againt them. We are optimistic*
Headquartered in Lindon, Utah,
*WOOT, this part is true!!! You go boy*
SCO has a worldwide network of thousands of resellers and developers.
*Thousands of resellers? Maybe, people will sell anything, BUT, this could be
1,999 resellers and 1 devoloper and it would still be true. I'm certain this is
the reason they are lumped together.*
SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners
and customers.
*198 employees, how Global can you get??? How many of them speak 5+ languages.
The definition of "customers" must have changed mid press release.
198 people supporting millions of customers?????? Customers is plural, so we'll
give benefit of the doubt and say just 2 million.. That is approx 10,000
customers per employee.. Granted this would include cleaning staff, executives,
etc...*
For more information on SCO products and services, visit http://www.sco.com .
http://www.groklaw.net
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mb?s=SCOX
Yeah, this is a shot at SCO. Can be applied to just about any companies little
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 03:33 PM EDT |
| Maybe they'll announce that they're finally going to do the right thing by going
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| Authored by: fredex on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 05:08 PM EDT |
PJ, it says "open to media and analyst...", which means YOU! So, hop
on and ask them your burning questions!
:)
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 06:58 PM EDT |
I'm usually totally focussed on the endlessly entertaining court action here.
But mention of developers got me thinking.
Do we have on the site, somewhere that I may have missed, a breakdown of what
SCO actually is?
I mean we've got Darl and his close playmates on the board of the company, who
we of course know and love. And we've got the lawyers. And we've got the Pipe
Fairy (who we'd love to know!).
But I realised that I've got no idea of what and who else makes up the scam,
sorry, company. It's easy to forget that they apparently, allegedly, have actual
developers working on their code. Or alleged code. Or Linux. Whatever.
Anyone got a Powerpoint of the corporate hierarchy anywhere?
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| Authored by: Rudisaurus on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 07:29 PM EDT |
| SCOSource Phase II (C++ developers take note!) [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 08:20 PM EDT |
| This might be more along the lines of a joint promotional program involving SCO
plus anyone who develops software that can possibly run on their OS. "Partners"
in the program would get free mention in SCO's promotional activities, while all
work on compatible software would get counted as "investment" in SCO's
"platform" for PR purposes.
PR "investments" of course do not necessarily
have any bearing on the sort of "investments" which accountants recognise, so
this is not something that would show up on a balance sheet. There wouldn't
necessarily be any actual new money from SCO (or anyone else) involved, just
counting (and double counting) of any existing expediture which can conceivably
be related to one of SCO's products. For example, since the MySQL database will
run on an SCO OS, all of MySQL's expenditures could get counted as an
"investment" in an SCO "platform" or "ecosystem". This lets SCO quote big
"investment" numbers to the press without anyone actually spending any
money.
If you look at SCO's web site, you will see that they are heavily
promoting the use of MySQL, PHP, Perl, and Apache as part of the "SCAMP stack".
They also mention Squid, Samba, Mozilla, VIM, OpenSSH, and PostgreSQL. If you
add up all the development effort which went into these and other packages, you
will probably find that tens to hundreds of millions of dollars have been
"invested". SCO could for PR purposes count the entire development effort for
these packages as part of an "investment" in SCO, simply because this software
ships with Openserver.
This sort of tactic has been used to various degrees
before by other computer and software companies (e.g. Intel with the Itanium) to
try to make a moribund project look like it still had significant backing. Since
SCO seems to be trying to revive their software business, they need to make it
look as if Openserver and Unixware still have a future.
If this is the case,
then take any future list of "partners" in such a promotional program with a
grain of salt. Companies (and organisations) may not know that they are being
counted an "investment partner".
P.S. If you want to see what SCO's
opinion on the future of software is, have a look at the "Meta Group" analyst
report they quote under the "SCO/MySQL Download Centre" (you'll have to look for
it as I don't want to give their site a link). It
states:
...mark(s) the "beginning of the end" for software
licensing fees as a separately charged line item.
The business impact of this
is that software as a service is evolving to impact the entire licensing and
pricing model for enterprise software. Over time, this shift will lower software
per-unit costs, improve customer support, and enable lower total cost of
ownership.
There you have it. SCO believes in free software as
the future of the enterprise software industry. It's right there on their web
site in black and white. Somebody obviously forgot to tell Darl to cancell the
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 09:10 PM EDT |
... a leading provider of UNIX software technology for
distributed, embedded and network-based systems
SCO is
revealing their post-lawsuit business strategy.
Let's look in the crystal
ball and see... what... yes, a picture is forming. I see a company in upheaval.
I see people falling from high places. I see a new, smaller, but infinitely more
benign, company emerge. I see a company forging partnerships where before they
issued threats; a company with a business plan that doesn't mention litigation.
A company with an actual product as base for offering services...
These
people must have a strong belief in life after death [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: MarkDoyle on Monday, June 19 2006 @ 09:30 PM EDT |
The EdgeClick SDK (aka EdgeBuilder) is due to hit beta in June according to
slide 10 of the "Me Inc. & Edgeclick Mobile Services" presentation
at http://au.sco.com/registration/presentations.html.
Could it be that the press release is to announce the SDK and invite developers
to create spam applications for free in exchange for a cut of future revenue?
Anyway, that's my guess.
- Mark[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 20 2006 @ 12:46 PM EDT |
Press Release Source: The SCO Group
SCO Plans Multi-Million Dollar Investment Into Mobile Application Development
Tuesday June 20, 8:00 am ET
SCO Kicks Off New Investment Program With 'The EdgeClick Developer Challenge'
Emphasizing the Creation of Mobile Applications Using the New EdgeBuilder SDK
and Providing an Additional $1,000 to Each Developer Who Attends SCO Forum
LINDON, Utah, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc.
("SCO") (Nasdaq: SCOX - News) a leading provider of UNIX® software
technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, today announced
a significant new worldwide investment program that rewards developers for
creating innovative, new mobile applications for wireless handset devices using
the company's new EdgeBuilder software developer kit (SDK). To kickoff this new
program SCO has developed "The EdgeClick Developer Challenge" where
developers have the chance to win a grand prize of a new V10, 507 horsepower BMW
M5 or $100,000 USD in cash. There will also be 10 additional winners that
receive a significant cash prize.
ADVERTISEMENT
SCO, Windows and Java developers are invited to attend SCO's 20th annual SCO
Forum conference and participate in "The EdgeClick Developer
Challenge" to create the next "killer application" or mobile
service. SCO will further invest in developers who attend Forum with a $1,000
bonus after completing their EdgeBuilder SDK training that will take place
during SCO Forum. To receive this bonus, developers must register for Forum by
July 15 as space is limited. For complete rules and qualifications for
participating in "The EdgeClick Developer Challenge" and to register
for SCO Forum, developers should visit www.edgeclickpark.com/challenge.
"During the last 25 years SCO has been committed to the UNIX platform and
continues to reaffirm its commitment to that platform. Thousands of developers
have created applications for the UNIX platform, and now we're inviting them
along with Windows and Java developers to take those legacy applications and
create new ones on our new EdgeClick platform," said Darl McBride,
president and CEO, The SCO Group Inc. "We have spent tremendous amounts of
time and resources developing and upgrading our technology and have designed the
developer investment program to make application mobilization quick, easy and
profitable for developers, partners and customers."
The EdgeBuilder SDK provides developers with many technologies and tools for
creating:
- mobile device clients
- application services that run on SCO's Edge Processor
- administration web pages for mobile applications
- connection agents for reaching into corporate data sources
In addition to gaining valuable training and education using SCO's EdgeBuilder
SDK, attendees of this year's SCO Forum will hear from leading industry
luminaries, analysts and thought leaders about the growing mobile device market
and the trends in developing mobile services and applications.
SCO Forum will take place August 6-9, 2006 at the Mirage Hotel and Convention
Center in Las Vegas. This year's conference, sponsored by HP®, MySQL®, and many
other partners, will also focus on the company's many UNIX-based solutions with
SCO OpenServer® and UnixWare®. The conference is attended by hundreds of
developers, resellers, industry hardware and software partners, system
integrators, distributors, customers, and members of the media and analyst
community.
Many breakout sessions and keynotes will focus on development platforms and web
services for designing and implementing mobile services, including
service-oriented architectures (SOA), Java, and many others. These EdgeClick
break out sessions will be particularly valuable to developers with previous
experience using .NET, C#, J2ME, SOAP, XML, SOA, SMS and GPRS/EDGE technologies,
protocols, and implementations.
"Developers are central to the success of any platform technology company
and this developer challenge is an investment by SCO in the developer community
and our research and development efforts," said Sandy Gupta, chief
technology officer and general manager for the platforms division, The SCO
Group, Inc. "By tapping into the talents and abilities of developers around
the world, SCO will create a marketplace and channel for the creation, selling
and distribution of mobile services and applications. According to In-Stat, as
the expected sales of wireless handsets increase each year to exceed more than
1.9 billion units in 2011, customers will embrace powerful new mobile solutions
created by these developers. The tools and training obtained at SCO Forum 2006
with the EdgeBuilder SDK will empower developers to quickly create powerful
mobile services and applications."
In connection with today's announcement, the company will hold a teleconference
for developers, media and analysts on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
Eastern time. Darl McBride, president and CEO, and Sandy Gupta, general manager
and CTO, will provide further details and answer questions on the call.
Participants should dial toll free 1-800-289-0544 or use the toll number
+1-913-981-5533; and enter the confirmation code: 9023430. A webcast is also
available at the following web site http://ir.sco.com/events.cfm.
About SCO
The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX - News) is a leading provider of UNIX software
technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, offering SCO
OpenServer for small to medium business, UnixWare for enterprise applications,
and Me Inc. for digital network services. SCO's highly innovative and reliable
solutions help millions of customers grow their businesses everyday, from SCO
OpenServer on main street to UnixWare on Wall Street, and beyond. SCO owns the
core UNIX operating system, originally developed by AT&T/Bell Labs and is
the exclusive licensor to Unix-based system software providers.
Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of thousands of
resellers and developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized
support and services to partners and customers. For more information on SCO
products and services, visit www.sco.com.
SCO, SCO OpenServer, the associated SCO logo and EdgeClick are trademarks or
registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
UNIX and UnixWare are registered trademarks of The Open Group. HP is a
registered trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Corporation. MySQL is a registered
trademark of MySQL AB in the USA and other countries.
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