Novell/SCO Case Finally Put to Rest
by Wyatt WalterThe lawsuit between Novell and SCO over the ownership of UNIX has finally been settled. A judgement was ruled in mid-July that SCO owed Novell $2.5 million and the final judgment was handed down today holding that ruling and adds interest. SCO sold licenses to Sun and Microsoft for the UNIX code that, as it would turn out, Novell actually owns. They then proceeded to go after some of the larger Linux vendors and customers such as Red Hat, IBM, DaimlerChrysler, and AutoZone claiming that Linux was just a copy of UNIX. The federal court ruled that SCO owes Novell not only the $2.5 million, but also $918,000 in interest and $489 per day from August 29 to November 20. SCO is in the midst of filing for bandruptcy already and will not be able to pay Novell in full at the moment.
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Nov 24th, 2008
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November 25th, 2008 at 3:50 am
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