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Stephen Downes

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There are reverberations through the open source community today as a website prints what it suggests is a "leaked memo" showing that Microsoft put up $100 million to help SCO pursue its lawsuits and undermine Linux. If there is anything to this, it would mean that Microsoft is up to its ears in the 'dirty tricks' department. Meanwhile, SCO's lawsuits - most recently against high profile Linux users AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler - are costing much more than they're earning, leading some to say the company is doing everything wrong.

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