SCO Offers Cash And Cars To Attract Unix DevelopersSCO Offers Cash And Cars To Attract Unix Developers

The company president says lawsuits against Linux users shouldn't affect its Unix business.

Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud

June 26, 2006

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When your image is in the trash, will giving away cash and cars remove the stench? SCO Group, best known as the company that sued Linux users and vendors, hopes so. "SCO has gone through some rocky times," president Darl McBride admits. SCO is trying to win back Unix developers by paying them $1,000 to take training in its EdgeBuilder development software at its upcoming user conference. The participant who builds the best wireless app with EdgeBuilder can win a 10-cylinder BMW or $100,000 in cash. That still may not be enough to forget the lawsuits.

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Charles Babcock

Editor at Large, Cloud

Charles Babcock is an editor-at-large for information and author of Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution, a McGraw-Hill book. He is the former editor-in-chief of Digital News, former software editor of Computerworld and former technology editor of Interactive Week. He is a graduate of Syracuse University where he obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism. He joined the publication in 2003.

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