SCO's licensing fight turns a profit as companies pay-up
eWeek | at | by Mike
The SCO Group Inc. on Thursday reported a boost in profits and revenue for its fiscal third quarter, including $7.3 million of revenue from its controversial Unix-licensing efforts.
In fact, the company's SCOsource licensing efforts boosted the company to a profit. SCO reported net income of $3.1 million on revenue of $20.1 million, versus a loss of $4.5 million on revenue of $15.4 million for the same quarter last year.
SCOsource generated $7.3 million in revenue and contributed $5.6 million to gross margin, while SCO's operating systems produced $12.8 million in revenue, the company said.