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Creditors begin a Thanksgiving feast with the ultimate parasite, SCO Group

by Matt Asay
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PJ at Groklaw notes today that Microsoft is lining up to nibble on the remains of SCO as one of its largest creditors. But Microsoft is not alone in wanting to gnaw on a chunk of parasite flesh. As a list of SCO's top creditors shows [PDF], Sun, Veritas, Intel, Unisys, and others are smacking their lips for SCO's remains.

The world is not always fair. Sometimes, however, it's not fair enough. Too many SCO people made far too much money on its scam.

Matt Asay brings a decade of in-the-trenches open-source business and legal experience to The Open Road, with an emphasis on emerging open-source business strategies and opportunities. Matt is vice president of business development at Alfresco, a company that develops open-source software for content management. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can follow Matt on Twitter @mjasay.
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Matt Asay brings a decade of in-the-trenches open-source business and legal experience to the Open Road, with an emphasis on emerging open-source business strategies and opportunities. Matt is general manager of the Americas division and vice president of business development at Alfresco, a company that develops open-source software for content management. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.

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