A leaked e-mail that purports to come from a source within the SCO Group suggests that Microsoft has been supporting the software company at the heart of the ongoing Linux controversy to the tune of at least $86 million, according to reports. SCO's battle with the open source community began in March last year when it sued IBM, alleging that Big Blue had allowed parts of SCO’s UNIX operating system to ‘slip’ into the Linux operating system, in breach of SCO’s rights.
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