SCO looked at being acquired and at raising finances for three or four months last year, "but we turned that aside in December or January as we got cash-flow positive," Chief Financial Officer Bob Bench said in an interview. Now the company is looking more at acquisitions of smaller companies, he said.

"We have some growth internally, but we'd like to grow faster doing acquisition of technologies and smaller companies," Bench said.-- Robert Bench, 2003-03-31

"Since the parties are incorporated in different states, both parties are entitled to have their dispute heard in a federal rather than a state court," said John Ferrell, an intellectual property attorney with Carr & Ferrell in Palo Alto, Calif.-- John Ferrell, 2003-03-31