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Santa Cruz Organisation bought the rights to Novell's System V (Distribution only) and Xenix (Microsoft's Unix!) and then sold all these on to Caldera, they then renamed themselves to Tarantella and Caldera renamed themselves to The SCO Group, SCO/Tarentella ever sued anyone over this ... Caldera/SCO did...

So SCO bought the distribution rights only, second hand, and then claimed they owned it completely ....
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...  Linux User 147560 | 05/02/08
Yes,  Greenknight_z | 05/06/08
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The sad thing is...  John L. Ries | 05/02/08
Cartoon  Wassname | 05/07/08
He does!  bart001fr | 05/08/08
Words right outta my mouth....  James T. Kirk | 05/02/08
Daaaaammmnnnn  James T. Kirk | 05/02/08
Crumbs  fr0thy2 | 05/02/08
I can understand his frustration...  Tony Agudo | 05/03/08
Meanwhile, back in the land of hope and glory...  ego.sum.stig@... | 05/04/08
If you had preview...  rlarsen@... | 05/05/08
Ditto!  drprodny | 05/07/08
I agree!  bart001fr | 05/08/08
RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'  Timpraetor | 05/02/08
Message has been deleted.  fr0thy2 | 05/02/08
What, never heard of a tax loss?  odubtaig | 05/05/08
Bet that's news to Linus Pauling  Dr_Zinj | 05/08/08
Hmmmmmm  tbucketman@... | 05/09/08
RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'  richdave | 05/02/08
Nope.  odubtaig | 05/05/08
umhhh....nope  chinese.bookie | 05/05/08
Nope ...  JasterMereel | 05/12/08
huh ????  delbert.hudson@... | 05/06/08
RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'  Hemlock Stones | 05/02/08
Novell's future claims  sdunn2000@... | 05/02/08
Not only that....  cslycord@... | 05/05/08
RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'  Teran | 05/03/08
RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'  admin@... | 05/03/08
Like how they did Chrysler?  seanferd | 05/05/08
Would open source Windows be Windows?  progon | 05/03/08
there is a NT-like free operating system called reactos  stevey_d | 05/03/08
Just how compatible is Reactos?  XweAponX | 05/06/08
Re: Just how compatible is Reactos?  Greenknight_z | 05/07/08
that's why I said "It's not very mature" but it is getting damn close  stevey_d | 05/07/08
Open source is fine  bart001fr | 05/08/08
yes, reactos is released under the gpl with full source code  stevey_d | 05/08/08
True, but you are overlooking the Linux motives  Ole Man | 05/03/08
B/c That's How You Get Switchers, Ole Man  drprodny | 05/07/08
Motive?  Ole Man | 05/11/08
Linux with a common Desktop?  startx.jeff | 05/05/08
What!  JasterMereel | 05/12/08
don't get all pixellated  mediocrates@... | 05/03/08
oops  mediocrates@... | 05/03/08
And McBride is breathing some of OUR air  Ole Man | 05/03/08
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Sun is next?  Roger Ramjet | 05/05/08
You are a waste of atoms  Marcos El Malo | 05/05/08
RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'  gdb3@... | 05/05/08
semantics  delbert.hudson@... | 05/06/08
While we're on semantics...  bart001fr | 05/08/08
Even if it was ...  davidr69 | 05/05/08
Isn't his shovel worn out already?  odubtaig | 05/05/08
Yes, it's a copy  magallanes | 05/05/08
if the entire world  chinese.bookie | 05/05/08
OK  balaknair | 05/06/08
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RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'  starcannon99022@... | 05/05/08
wrong re Mac OS  reid.thompson@... | 05/05/08
language ....  delbert.hudson@... | 05/06/08
Starcannon, THAT is an insult to floppy disks and TRS-80s  drprodny | 05/07/08
Linux is not a copy of Unix  david@... | 05/05/08
Just like...  mikifinaz1@... | 05/05/08
hmmm  delbert.hudson@... | 05/06/08
SCO should have gone open source  ben.rattigan | 05/06/08
RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'  longzoo | 05/06/08
oops  longzoo | 05/06/08
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RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'  fabricecourtois@... | 05/06/08
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RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'  Frodo420024 | 05/09/08
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