Linked by David Adams on Tue 30th Nov 2004 16:11 UTC
Have you partaken in the conspiracy theories about Microsoft's recent investment in Vintela, a Unix-Windows integration software company? Vintela's association with SCO, and Microsoft's apparent interest in keeping SCO's legal battle against IBM afloat in order to undermine Linux, certainly provide plenty of kindling to keep the home fires burning at conspiracy central. But let's try to get the story straight first. OSNews interviewed Vintela President Dave Wilson.
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This guy was never going to admit that they are in bed with SCO and Microsoft. But you do the math,
1) You are in the same building as SCO
2) Share many of the same investors and parent companies.
3) Some of your current technology emanated in Caldera->SCO and now is being resold by them.
4) You both get money from Microsoft. It would make much more sense to have seen an investment in Vintela from HP, SUN or even Red Hat.
No need for tinfoil hats. If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it must be a ...
This guy was never going to admit that they are in bed with SCO and Microsoft. But you do the math,
1) You are in the same building as SCO
2) Share many of the same investors and parent companies.
3) Some of your current technology emanated in Caldera->SCO and now is being resold by them.
4) You both get money from Microsoft. It would make much more sense to have seen an investment in Vintela from HP, SUN or even Red Hat.
No need for tinfoil hats. If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it must be a ...