"We have very positive programs for working through these issues as they arise. Some 95 percent of the companies we are in discussions with are co-operating well, but there are a handful of cases where the discussions are not as amicable," he said, declining to be more specific about which companies were being uncooperative.-- Darl McBride, 2003-02-26

But the unlicensed use of its Unix shared libraries was just the "tip of the iceberg as there are so much IP we're dealing with here, ranging from copyright, trade secrets, patents, source code and licensing issues.

"Because this range of IP-related issues is so broad-based and there is such a wide-range of players involved, we're just making sure we move forward very sure-footedly. We don't want to start running before we can walk. We're trying to take things in the right order," McBride said.-- Darl McBride, 2003-02-26

McBride said SCO expected revenue for the second quarter, ending April 30, 2003, to be in the range of $23 million to $25 million. That forecast was based on anticipated revenue from its current operating platforms of $13 million to $15 million, and from $10 million in revenue from its SCOsource licensing initiative.-- Darl McBride, 2003-02-26

[McBride] did confirm that the Lindon, Utah-based firm is expecting to make at least $10 million in revenue in the current financial quarter from its SCOsource licensing initiative.-- Darl McBride, 2003-02-26