SCO admits: Linux jihad is destroying our business

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By law, companies must provide apocalyptic forward-looking scenarios in their SEC filings. They need to show they’ve thought of everything, to fend
off potential class action suits just in case the sky really does fall in.

But in a filing yesterday the SCO Group gave a strong hint that while it anticipates riches from IP licenses, its current business is falling apart.
Deeply embedded in the risks portion of the filing is this statement:

“We are informed that participants in the Linux industry have attempted to influence participants in the markets in which we sell our products to
reduce or eliminate the amount of our products and services that they purchase. They have been somewhat successful in those efforts and similar
efforts and success will likely continue. There is also a risk that the assertion of our intellectual property rights will be negatively viewed by
participants in our marketplace and we may lose support from such participants. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our position in the
marketplace and our results of operations. “

Link: theregister.co.uk

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