The SCO Group dismissed a leaked memo that connected Microsoft to $86 million in investments in the company, saying the author of the e-mail misunderstood the venture deal.
The SCO Group on Thursday acknowledged the authenticity of an e-mail sent Oct. 12 from Michael Anderer, CEO of Salt Lake City venture firm S2 Partners, to SCO Vice President Chris Sontag and Chief Financial Officer Robert Bench. The memo appears to be a discussion of the compensation that Anderer received for facilitating venture deals on SCO's behalf.
"Microsoft will have brought in $86 million for us including BayStar," stated the e-mail, which was posted by the Open Source Initiative on its Web site.
Eric Raymond, an open-source software and Linux luminary, added his comments to the memo: "This is the smoking gun. We now know that Microsoft raised at least $86 million for SCO, but according to the SCO conference call (on Wednesday) their cash reserves were $68.5 million. If not for Microsoft, SCO would be at least $15 million in debt today."
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The SCO Group on Thursday acknowledged the authenticity of an e-mail sent Oct. 12 from Michael Anderer, CEO of Salt Lake City venture firm S2 Partners, to SCO Vice President Chris Sontag and Chief Financial Officer Robert Bench. The memo appears to be a discussion of the compensation that Anderer received for facilitating venture deals on SCO's behalf.
"Microsoft will have brought in $86 million for us including BayStar," stated the e-mail, which was posted by the Open Source Initiative on its Web site.
Eric Raymond, an open-source software and Linux luminary, added his comments to the memo: "This is the smoking gun. We now know that Microsoft raised at least $86 million for SCO, but according to the SCO conference call (on Wednesday) their cash reserves were $68.5 million. If not for Microsoft, SCO would be at least $15 million in debt today."
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