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Here maybe part of the deal:

1st: "Several of the files that come with Word '97 (and perhaps with later versions as well) still contain the text "Copyright WordPerfect Corporation 1994. All rights reserved."
This comes from the following web page:
http://www.euronet.nl/users/frankvw/IhateMS.html#1

It wouldn't be hard to imagine that this was part of the deal you are speaking of. MS could have been sought by Novell to pay for the use of WordPerfect files with MS Word. And as a result, MS sold Xenix to SCO.

2nd: With the purchase of Unix in 1993, it is possible that Novell sought $$$ from MS for further licensing use of Unix. According to the histories below, MS licensed Unix from AT&T. Named their product Xenix. MS brought SCO in to further Xenix. IBM licensed Xenix from MS.
What a tangled web Unix is! Seems everybody had their "hands" in Unix System 3 through Unix V.7.

http://www.robotwisdom.com/linux/timeline.html
http://www.byte.com/art/9410/sec8/art3.htm
Posted by: jfalknor   Posted on: 11/07/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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So is SCO going to sue Novell?  ghetyei | 11/04/03
So what does Novell know?  George Mitchell | 11/04/03
You are missing something...  Dave P. | 11/04/03
Not So  stephensp | 11/04/03
Novell did a Linux deal with MS in 94  Nigel Johnstone | 11/04/03
Uh, No.  Dave P. | 11/04/03
No it was definitely Linux  Nigel Johnstone | 11/05/03
I think it was Corel, not Novell.  gath | 11/05/03
Check for refs to Ray Noorda/Caldera/Novell  mgfitch@... | 11/05/03
Hypothesis  jfalknor | 11/07/03
If Novell is all Linux, will Celerant...  mlindl | 11/04/03
Go Tux Go !!! . . . . And say goodbye to SCO  Plain Logic | 11/04/03
Brought to us by Dr. Seuss! :o)  Damon K | 11/04/03
My theory  Michael Kelly | 11/04/03
Good Theory  Harry Bardal | 11/04/03
.NET? Where?  IT_User | 11/05/03
Novell is ridiculously overpriced!  NT Admin | 11/05/03
You are absolutely correct.  Michael Kelly | 11/05/03
Since when?  Dave P. | 11/05/03
interesting!  blahblahblah | 11/05/03
And you would be wrong...  Dave P. | 11/05/03
But I am not  NT Admin | 11/05/03
The author is confused.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/05/03
Try again...  mylo@... | 11/05/03
lol  blahblahblah | 11/05/03
That's a mighty big axe you're grinding  TtfnJohn | 11/11/03

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