Microsoft Behind SCO Cash Investment?

An anonymous reader writes "eWEEK has got a story up suggesting Microsoft may be behind yesterday's $50mil cash investment in SCO. 'As an investment firm, BayStar leads, creates and participates in a number of PIPEs (Private Investments in Public Equity). Many of these deals involve investment money from other companies, including Microsoft.'"

Bill's spare change.

[inteller]

All it was is the other day Bill was cleaning out his loose pocket change and these VC bums happened to walk by at the right time.

Bob McGrath?

[KillerHamster]

But Bob McGrath, a spokesman for BayStar, disputed that claim...

You mean Bob [bobmcgrath.com], of all people, is involved in this? Shameful! What kind of message does this send to children?

Re:Bob McGrath?

[smittyoneeach]

This is clearly a hoax. Redmond OSs don't do pipes, named or otherwise. How would you pipe one icon into another one?

Yes officer..

[niko9]

It was the billionaire on the grassy knoll!

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Re:Royal Bank of Canada invested in SCO?

[wo1verin3]

>> Royal Bank of Canada.

I just cancelled my Royal Bank visa and closed my accounts, and while it may not matter to them, it matters to me.

CIBC here I come.

Do I get a discount?

[agwis]

"There are only two investors in this deal: BayStar Capital and the Royal Bank of Canada."

That's my bank :-(

Does that mean I don't have to pay the full $699 now?

Oh, and can anyone recommend another good Canadian bank now? I suddenly don't have as much confidence in my current one's future with business decisions like this!

-Pat

I didn't....

[CooCooCaChoo]

I was still waiting for my new glasses to be ready.

Monopoly Money rather

[bstadil]

Not often can you talk about someone literally using Monopoly money.

Re:Bob McGrath?

[whereiswaldo]

So, where did you get the idea that Microsoft doesn't support pipes?

It's not just an ordinary pipe, either. In certain fonts, there is a break in the pipe right in the middle. It's a crack pipe.

But seriously, if Microsoft invested money to fuel SCO's legal rampage, that just shows how desperate they are. Linux is kicking ass, baby.

Re:Royal Bank of Canada invested in SCO?

[Platinum Dragon]

So the gang of idiots that keeps sending me "pre-approved" credit cards from a bank I don't have any accounts at is financing a company that wants me to pay for an operating system they had no hand in developing and refuse to prove they have any actual code in?

This needs to get passed along to Canadian tech-heads and Canadian business reporters. I know at least one reporter from a non-commercial, non-state radio station that might eat this up...