Stories about: The SCO Group

The obvious thought came to me while writing last week's column, that about the only folk (other than the deluded and amoral management of the SCO Group) that want the SCO Group effort attacking Linux and other open source initiatives to succeed is Microsoft. So I decided to explore that side in this follow-up column, but a bit of reading led me to the conclusion that things are not as simple as they appear.

At the beginning of its massive legal fight against Linux in 2003, The SCO Group imagined a day when companies like IBM, Novell and others would pay it large amounts of cash for alleged infringements on SCO-owned Unix code.

Earlier this year, it looked like The SCO Group was going down for the count. It had lost a key decision in its suit against Novell, declared bankruptcy and was quickly running out of money.

The SCO Group has been removed from the Nasdaq Stock Market because the company declared bankruptcy in September.

While still fighting in the courts and fresh from filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, The SCO Group could soon be selling its steadily-declining Unix business.

If the corporate Grim Reaper is truly knocking on the door of The SCO Group, no one seems to have told Darl McBride, the software vendor's president and CEO.

If the corporate Grim Reaper is truly knocking on the door of The SCO Group, no one apparently told the company's CEO and president, Darl C. McBride.

Following its bankruptcy filing, The SCO Group may be booted off of the Nasdaq stock exchange as early as next week.

With its cash reserves running out and its legal case against IBM unravelling, The SCO Group now says there is doubt that it will remain afloat.

The start of a scheduled trial between The SCO Group and Novell has been postponed indefinitely because of SCO's just-announced Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganisation.

With its cash reserves running out, the SCO Group has filed for bankruptcy protection.