In a court filing in support of SCO's bankruptcy petition, McBride noted that SCO's sales of Unix-based products "have been declining over the past several years."
The slump, McBride said, "has been primarily attributable to significant competition from alternative operating systems, including Linux." McBride listed IBM, Red Hat, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems as distributors of Linux or other software that is "aggressively taking market share away from Unix."
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Dear SCO Customers and Partners,
This afternoon we took the extraordinary step of filing for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to protect assets for our creditors and stockholders and to ensure the continuation of our normal business operations. This decision was not taken without extensive consultation with the board of directors, and many outside experts and legal counsel.
Što je taj famozni Chapter 11? Evo što kaže Wikipedia:
Definition
When a troubled business is unable to service its debt or pay its creditors, it or its creditors can file with a federal bankruptcy court for protection under either chapter 7 or chapter 11. In chapter 7, the business ceases operations and a trustee sells all of its assets and distributes the proceeds to its creditors. This is done in accordance with statutory defined priorities. A chapter 11 filing, on the other hand, is usually an attempt to stay in business while a bankruptcy court supervises the "reorganization" of the company's contractual and debt obligations. The court can grant complete or partial relief from most of the company's debts and its contracts, so that the company can make a fresh start. Often, if the company's debts exceed its assets, then at the completion of bankruptcy the company's owners (stockholders) all end up with nothing; all their rights and interests are terminated and the company's creditors end up with ownership of the newly reorganized company.
Drugim riječima, Chapter 11 nije bankrot tvrtke, već stečajni postupak, zaštitna mjera u kojoj se biznis u nevoljama pokušava reorganizirati kako bi možda mogao otplatiti svoje dugove i nastaviti poslovati. Slično kao i kod nas, kad tvrtka u stečaju uspije reorganizirati poslovanje, isplatiti dugove i uspješno izaći iz stečaja (što je, reći ćemo, rijedak fenomen na ovim prostorima...)
Odobrio: kost. Napisao: Anonymous.
Malo poznati dokument (Form 10-Q) u kojem SCO Group iznosi svoje financijsko izvješće sadrži, osim niza zanimljivih brojki (proučite promet firme u prošloj i ovoj godini), i odjeljak nazvan "Risk factors". Naslov članka je prva rečenica iz tog poglavlja. Spominje se i politika licenciranja i njihova predviđanja (točna) što bi im se moglo dogoditi u nadolazećem sukobu s IBM-om i Linux zajednicom... detaljnije
Odobrio: igustin. Napisao: Anonymous.
Caldera je objavila promjenu svog imena u SCO, ističući time svoje opredjeljenje prema Linuxu, SCO OpenServeru i SCO UnixWare produktima.
Službena obavijest: Caldera.
Odobrio: kost. Napisao: LogError.
Iz Caldera Systems nam stize security update vezan za bug u traceroute naredbi putem koje "obicni" korisnik moze doci do SU statusa. Iako jos nema exploita naglasena je ocita vaznost upgradea.
