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To: zwolff who wrote (81)	9/1/2003 1:10:09 AM
From: miraje	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 239

Scott I hope you are not working for these guys! news.com.com "We want to enable the common business worker to develop powerful business solutions," said Scott Lemon, chief architect of SCOx. Lemon showed a demonstration in which an e-commerce company taking orders for spy cameras via the Web uses SCOx software to communicate with a supplier via SMS messaging when it runs out of inventory.

To: zwolff who wrote (81)	9/9/2003 12:30:21 AM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Respond to of 239

Hello zwolff, Sorry for the lag ... I try not to post during work hours (although I might every now and then) and my evenings have been hectic! > Scott I hope you are not working for these guys! As you now know, of course I am. Life is always a fun adventure, and this is the current ride. We were acquired to join the team at SCO and contribute our expertise and technology to build a future strategy. That's what we are up to, and it's a blast so far. There have been a few early announcements and press articles about what we are constructing ... however these have only started to touch the surface about what we're doing now. Scott C. Lemon

To: zwolff who wrote (81)	11/12/2003 11:33:04 AM
From: Dr. Voodoo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 239

IBM Subpoenas SCO Investors, Analysts Daniel Lyons, 11.11.03, 2:53 PM ET NEW YORK - The legal battle between SCO Group and IBM is widening, as IBM has sent subpoenas to investors and analysts who have supported SCO. On Oct. 30, IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) issued subpoenas to Baystar Capital, Deutsche Bank (nyse: DB - news - people ), Renaissance Ventures and Yankee Group, companies that have either invested in SCO (nasdaq: SCOX - news - people ) or published reports suggesting that SCO's claims against IBM could be legitimate. "I view this as an attempt to bully and intimidate analysts--to try to cow them into silence," says Christopher Sontag, executive vice president at SCO, in Lindon, Utah. In a lawsuit filed in March, SCO claims IBM put derivative code from Unix System V--an operating system for which SCO holds copyrights--into Linux, the free operating system developed collaboratively by programmers around the world. SCO aims to collect $3 billion in damages from IBM and wants Linux customers to pay licensing fees to SCO. IBM will not say why it issued the subpoenas. But a company spokesman says IBM is frustrated by SCO's reluctance to produce proof of its allegations. "It is time for SCO to produce something meaningful. They have been dragging their feet and it is not clear there is any incentive for SCO to try this in court," he says. IBM has filed two motions to compel discovery, the most recent one on Nov. 6. Sontag says SCO has provided 1 million pages of documents to IBM and that IBM in return has provided only 100,000 pages to SCO. "The foot-dragging is on the part of IBM," he says. One legal expert says the subpoenas may be IBM's way to get at information that SCO will not provide. "If you're having trouble compelling discovery, you go to outside sources," says Brian Ferguson, an attorney at McDermott, Will & Emery, a Washington, D.C., law firm. Ferguson, who is on the advisory board of a Linux enthusiast magazine and has published an article declaring SCO's case a long shot, points out that in its counter-claim IBM alleges SCO has unjustly enriched itself through the lawsuit. Investors and analysts have participated, perhaps unwittingly, in that enrichment, Ferguson says. SCO shares, which traded at less than $1 before the suit was filed, now change hands at nearly $16 per share. Some insiders have sold shares. "IBM needs to get answers from analysts about why they wrote positive reports and from Baystar about why they invested," Ferguson says. The subpoenas, issued by Cravath, Swaine & Moore, IBM's law firm, present a broad request for all documents related to SCO and the Canopy Group, a Utah investment company that is SCO's biggest shareholder. One subpoena provided to Forbes requests all material related to communication with SCO or Canopy and any agreements that outsiders may have made with SCO or Canopy. Baystar, Deutsche Bank and Yankee Group acknowledged receipt of the subpoenas but declined to comment on them. Baystar in October invested $50 million in SCO. Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Skiba in October issued a "buy" recommendation on SCO stock and said the stock could more than double in value. Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio has advised corporate customers who use Linux that they should take SCO's claims seriously. forbes.com