The biggest thing I notice is that SCO says that if they do not prevail against IBM, or if IBM is successful in its counterclaims, their business would be materially harmed, "and we may not be able to continue in business." In 2004, they mentioned their business being materially harmed by a loss, but they didn't say that a loss might mean they'd go out of business entirely. Maybe reality is finally hitting them? Sageza Group analyst Jim Balderston asks if the company may possibly find itself the target of civil and perhaps even criminal charges, according to an article in iSeries Network:

"We suspect that the company is going to have a very hard time continuing, as revenue and income continue to fall year to year," Balderston writes. "SCO may also find it harder to make working partnerships with other vendors, especially any they may have threatened in the past. Karma can be a real pain, especially on the 'comes around' part of the cycle."

The engagement agreement provides that the law firms will receive a contingency fee that may range from 20 to 33 percent of the proceeds from specified events related to the protection of our intellectual property rights. Events triggering a contingency fee may include settlements or judgments related to the SCO Litigation, certain licensing fees, subject to certain exceptions, and a sale of our company. Future payments payable to the law firms under this arrangement will be significant.

Something else struck me in this filing. There is a long list of exhibits at the end, and three of them memorialize SCO granting Sun Microsystems stock warrants in 2003. I knew that happened, but it wasn't until this filing that I grasped the timing. SCO mentions Sun paying early on a February 25, 2003 license agreement in association with two of the stock warrants. That agreement, then, would be dated just prior to SCO filing its lawsuit against IBM in early March. SCO states that the common stock warrants were "accepted and agreed to by Sun Microsystems" on March 11, then on July 31 and finally on October 31, 2003. SCO filed the exhibits originally with their 10K in January 28, 2004, but I didn't notice the dates before.

The March document says:

Caldera International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, for value received, Sun Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Sun"). . . is entitled . . . to purchase from the Company at any time during the period commencing on March 11, 2003 . . . ending at 5:00 p.m., Pacific time, on March 11, 2008, 210,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share. . . at a price of $1.83 per share . . .

The SCO Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby certifies that in consideration for early payment of the amount payable to the Company in August 2003 under the terms of the Software License Agreement dated February 25, 2003 between the Company and Sun Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Sun"), the receipt in full of which is hereby acknowledged, Sun . . . is entitled, on the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time during the period commencing on July 31, 2003 . . . ending at 5:00 p.m., Pacific time, on July 31, 2008, 12,500 fully paid and nonassessable shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Warrant Shares"), of the Company, at a price of $1.83 per share . . .

The SCO Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby certifies that in consideration for early payment of the amount payable to the Company in November 2003 under the terms of the Software License Agreement dated February 25, 2003 between the Company and Sun Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Sun"), the receipt in full of which is hereby acknowledged, Sun . . . is entitled, on the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time during the period commencing on October 31, 2003 . . . ending at 5:00 p.m., Pacific time, on October 31, 2008, 12,500 fully paid and nonassessable shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Warrant Shares"), of the Company, at a price of $1.83 per share . . .

Confidentiality; No Public Disclosure.

The terms and conditions of this Warrant are confidential. Neither party shall make any public disclosure concerning the terms and conditions of this Warrant without the prior written consent of the other party, except as required by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Nasdaq National Market or any other applicable stock exchanges.

How SCO Describes Their Legal Claims in 2005:

Here's SCO's current story regarding the lawsuits as they tell it in the S-1 just filed, with some parts marked in bold for emphasis by me, the parts that I found most interesting:

SCOsource Business

We initiated our SCOsource business as part of our ongoing efforts to establish and protect our intellectual property rights, particularly relating to our ownership of the UNIX source code. In reviewing our intellectual property rights in 2003, we became aware that parts of or modifications made to our proprietary UNIX source code and derivative works have been included in the Linux operating system without our authorization or appropriate copyright attribution. Our SCOsource business now includes seeking to enter into license agreements with UNIX vendors and offering SCOsource IP licenses or agreements to Linux and other end users allowing them to continue to use our UNIX source code and derivative works.

In addition to our other SCOsource initiatives, in March 2003, we filed a complaint against International Business Machines Corporation, alleging, in part, that IBM had breached its license agreement with us by, among other things, inappropriately contributing UNIX source code and derivative works to the open source community and seeking to use its knowledge and methods related to UNIX source code and derivative works and modifications licensed to it to decrease the value of the UNIX operating system in favor of promoting the Linux operating system, of which it has been a major backer. Based on these alleged breaches, we delivered to IBM notice of termination of our license agreement with IBM that permitted IBM’s use of our UNIX source code in developing its AIX operating system.

In addition to our action against IBM, we have filed other complaints against such companies as Novell, Inc., AutoZone Inc., and DaimlerChrysler Corporation. Red Hat, Inc. has also brought a lawsuit against us asserting that the Linux operating system does not infringe our UNIX intellectual property rights, among other things. . . .

We may not prevail in our SCO Litigation, which may adversely affect our business.

We continue to pursue our SCO Litigation and believe in the merits of our cases. In our action against IBM, we seek damages for claims generally relating to our allegation that IBM has inappropriately used and distributed our UNIX source code and derivative works in connection with its efforts to promote the Linux operating system. IBM has responded to our claims and brought counterclaims against us asserting generally that we do not have the right to assert claims based on our ownership of UNIX intellectual property against IBM or others in the Linux market. Discovery is continuing in the case, and several motions are currently pending before the court. If we do not prevail in our action against IBM, or if IBM is successful in its counterclaims against us, our business and results of operations would be materially harmed, and we may not be able to continue in business. The litigation with IBM and others will be costly, and our costs for legal fees have been and will continue to be substantial and may exceed our capital resources. Additionally, the market price of our common stock may be negatively affected as a result of developments in our legal action against IBM that may be, or may be perceived to be, adverse to us.

As a result of our SCO Litigation and our other SCOsource initiatives, several participants in the Linux industry and others affiliated with IBM or sympathetic to the Linux movement have taken actions attempting to negatively affect our business and our SCOsource efforts. Linux proponents have taken a broad range of actions against us, including, for example, attempting to influence participants in the markets in which we sell our products to reduce or eliminate the amount of our products and services they purchase from us. We expect that similar efforts likely will continue. There is a risk that participants in our marketplace will negatively view our actions against IBM, Novell, DaimlerChrysler and AutoZone and our other SCOsource initiatives, and we may lose support from such participants. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our position in the marketplace, our results of operations and our stock price and our ability to stay in business.

As a further response to our SCOsource initiatives and claim that our UNIX source code and derivative works have inappropriately been included in Linux, Novell has publicly asserted its belief that it owns certain copyrights in our UNIX source code, and it has filed 15 copyright applications with the United States Copyright Office related to UNIX. Novell also claims that it has a license to UNIX from us and the right to authorize its customers to use UNIX technology in their internal business operations. Specifically, Novell has also claimed to have retained rights related to legacy UNIX SVRx licenses, including the license with IBM. Novell asserts it has the right to take action on behalf of SCO in connection with such licenses, including termination rights. Novell has purported to veto our termination of the IBM, Sequent and SGI licenses. We have asserted that we obtained the UNIX business, source code, claims and copyrights when we acquired the assets and operations of the server and professional services groups from The Santa Cruz Operation (now Tarantella, Inc.) in May 2001, which had previously acquired all such assets and rights from Novell in September 1995 pursuant to an asset purchase agreement, as amended. In January 2004, in response to Novell’s actions, we brought suit against Novell for slander of title seeking relief for Novell’s alleged bad faith effort to interfere with our copyrights and contract rights related to our UNIX source code and derivative works and our UnixWare products.

Notwithstanding our assertions of full ownership of UNIX-related intellectual property rights, as set forth above, including copyrights, and even if we are successful in our legal action against Novell and end users such as AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler, the efforts of Novell and the other Linux proponents described above may cause further damage to our business including our ability to monetize our UNIX assets. These efforts of Linux proponents also may increase the negative view some participants in our marketplace have regarding our SCO Litigation and regarding our SCOsource initiatives and may contribute to creating confusion in the marketplace about the validity of our claim that the unauthorized use of our UNIX source code and derivative works in Linux infringes on our copyrights. Increased negative perception and potential confusion about our claims in our marketplace could impede our continued pursuit of our SCOsource initiatives and negatively impact our business.

Our engagement agreement with the law firms representing us in the SCO Litigation will require us to spend a significant amount of cash during fiscal year 2005 and could harm our liquidity position.

As of April 30, 2005, we had a total of $14,192,000 in cash and cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities and an additional $3,967,000 as restricted cash to be used in our operations and pursue the SCO Litigation. As a result of the engagement agreement between us and the law firms representing us in the SCO Litigation, including, among others, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, for the remainder of fiscal year 2005 we anticipate spending approximately $7,000,000 in the defense of our SCO Litigation. If our UNIX business does not generate cash to cover the internal costs of our UNIX business, our SCOsource initiatives and our SCO Litigation, or we spend additional cash on additional matters, our cash position would be negatively impacted, and our ability to pursue our business objectives and our SCO Litigation could be harmed.

Our future SCOsource licensing revenue is uncertain.

We initiated the SCOsource licensing effort in fiscal year 2003 to review the status of UNIX licensing and sublicensing agreements. This effort resulted in the execution of two significant vendor license agreements during fiscal year 2003 and generated $25,846,000 in revenue. During fiscal year 2004, our SCOsource licensing revenue declined significantly and was only $829,000. Due to a lack of historical experience and the uncertainties related to SCOsource licensing revenue, we are unable to estimate the amount and timing of future SCOsource licensing revenue, if any. If we do receive revenue from this source, it may be sporadic and fluctuate from quarter to quarter. Our SCOsource initiatives are unlikely to produce stable, predictable revenue for the foreseeable future. Additionally, the success of these initiatives may depend on the strength of our intellectual property rights and contractual claims regarding UNIX, including the strength of our claim that unauthorized UNIX source code and derivatives are prevalent in Linux. . . .

Our claims relating to our UNIX intellectual property may subject us to additional legal proceedings.

In August 2003, Red Hat brought a lawsuit against us asserting that the Linux operating system does not infringe on our UNIX intellectual property rights and seeking a declaratory judgment for non-infringement of copyrights and no misappropriation of trade secrets. In addition, Red Hat claims we have engaged in false advertising in violation of the Lanham Act, deceptive trade practices, unfair competition, tortious interference with prospective business opportunities, and trade libel and disparagement. Although this case is currently stayed pending the resolution of our suit against IBM, we intend to vigorously defend this action. However, if Red Hat is successful in its claim against us, our business and results of operations could be materially harmed.

In addition, regulators or others in the Linux market and some foreign regulators have initiated or in the future may initiate legal actions against us, all of which may negatively impact our operations and future operating performance.

The next thing I note is that the amount SCO has actually taken in so far for the Linux license is incredibly small. They blame that on Novell and the Linux community, whatever that is, but they need to look inward, methinks for the true difficulty. There's a credibility gap that seems to be entirely self-generated. First, they've yet to show any infringed copyrighted code, none that is believable to anyone anyway, including Judge Kimball, so far. If they wanted SCOsource to take off like a rocket, they should have put their evidence on the table like a man. At least the RIAA gives proof that they are valid copyright holders before they break into children's piggybanks to get reimbursed for their "losses".

Instead, SCO is deep in a pile of unreleased distributions of AIX and Dynix, still hunting for methods and concepts and derivative code clues, two years into the litigation. It raises eyebrows. Also, when DaimlerChrysler trounced them, no one believed their threats any more. Actually, it would probably be more accurate to say that they lost the credibility war when they went after DaimlerChrysler in the first place, particularly when we learned that the company hadn't used Unix for years and years. It made SCO look simply ridiculous. I believe that was a tactical error. Even without Novell or the Linux community, they had big problems.

How They Described Their Legal Claims in 2004:

I can't help but contrast the legal description in this filing with days gone by. Let's see what they said in that 10K from January of 2004:

On or about March 6, 2003, we filed a complaint against IBM alleging breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, tortious interference, and unfair competition. The matter is currently pending in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. The complaint also alleges that IBM obtained information concerning our UNIX source code and derivative works from us and inappropriately used and distributed that information in connection with its efforts to promote the Linux operating system.

On or about June 16, 2003, we filed an amended complaint in the IBM case. The amended complaint essentially restates and realleges the allegations of the original complaint and expands on those claims in several ways. Most importantly, the amended complaint raises new allegations regarding IBM's actions and breaches through the products and services of Sequent which IBM acquired. We allege that IBM breached the Sequent agreement in several ways similar to those set forth above, and we are seeking damages flowing from those breaches. We are also seeking injunctive relief on several of our claims.

IBM has filed a response and counterclaim to the complaint, including a demand for jury trial. We have filed an answer to the IBM counterclaim denying the claims and asserting affirmative defenses.

In its counterclaim, as amended on September 25, 2003, IBM asserts that we do not have the right to terminate its UNIX license or assert claims based on our ownership of UNIX intellectual property against them or others in the Linux community. In addition, they assert that we have infringed on certain patents held by IBM. IBM's counterclaims include claims for breach of contract, violation of the Lanham Act, unfair competition, intentional interference with prospective economic relations, unfair and deceptive trade practices, breach of the GNU general public license, and patent infringement. Discovery is ongoing in the case. We intend to vigorously defend these counterclaims.

If we do not prevail in our action against IBM, or if IBM is successful in its counterclaim against us, our business and results of operations could be materially harmed. The litigation with IBM and potentially others could be costly, and our costs for legal fees may be substantial and in excess of amounts for which we have budgeted. Additionally, the market price of our common stock may be negatively affected as a result of developments in our legal action against IBM that may be, or may be perceived to be, adverse to us.

In addition, we have publicly, and in individual letters to 1,500 of the world's largest corporations, cautioned users of Linux that there are unresolved intellectual property issues surrounding Linux that may expose them to unanticipated liability. As a result of these concerns, we have suspended our sales of Linux products. We have also begun delivering written notice to a large number of licensees under our UNIX contracts requiring them to, among other things, provide written certification that they are in full compliance with their agreements, including certification that they are not using our proprietary UNIX code in Linux, have not allowed unauthorized use of licensed UNIX code by their employees or contractors and have not breached confidentiality provisions relating to licensed UNIX code. Additionally, we have begun notifying selected Linux end users in writing of violations we allege under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act related to our copyrights contained in Linux. . . .

As a further response to our SCOsource initiatives and claim that our UNIX source code and derivative works have inappropriately been included in Linux, Novell has publicly asserted its belief that it owns certain copyrights in our UNIX source code, and it has filed 15 copyright applications with the United States Copyright Office related to UNIX. Novell also claims that it has a license to UNIX from us and the right to authorize its customers to use UNIX technology in their internal business operations. Specifically, Novell has also claimed to have retained rights related to legacy UNIX SVRX licenses, including the license with IBM. Novell asserts it has the right to take action on behalf of SCO in connection with such licenses, including termination rights. Novell has purported to veto our termination of the IBM, Sequent and SGI licenses. We have repeatedly asserted that we obtained the UNIX business, source code, claims and copyrights when we acquired the assets and operations of the server and professional services groups from The Santa Cruz Operation in May 2001, which had previously acquired all such assets and rights from Novell in September 1995 pursuant to an asset purchase agreement, as amended.

On January 20, 2004, in response to Novell's actions, we brought suit against Novell for slander of title seeking relief for Novell's alleged bad faith effort to interfere with our copyrights related to our UNIX source code and derivative works and our UnixWare products. Novell has not yet responded to our complaint.

Among our allegations in the suit against Novell, we allege that Novell has improperly filed copyright registrations in the United States Copyright Office for UNIX technology covered by our copyrights and has made false and misleading public claims that it, and not our company, owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights. We also allege that Novell has made false statements with the intent to cause customers and potential customers to not do business with us and has attempted, in bad faith, to block our ability to enforce our copyrights. Additionally, we allege that Novell's false and misleading representations that it owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights have caused us irreparable harm to our copyrights, our business, and our reputation.

In the lawsuit, we request preliminary and permanent injunctive relief as well as damages. The injunction would require Novell to assign to us all copyrights that we believe Novell has wrongfully registered, prevent Novell from representing any ownership interest in those copyrights, and require Novell to retract or withdraw all representations it has made regarding its purported ownership of those copyrights. . . .

Reviewing and Evaluating Existing UNIX Licenses.

As mentioned above, in January 2003, we began reviewing the status of our existing UNIX license agreements with UNIX vendors. This review is continuing and we will continue to expand our efforts in fiscal year 2004. During fiscal year 2003, we entered into two significant license agreements. The first of these licenses was with Sun, a long-time UNIX licensee and a major participant in the UNIX industry. The second license was to Microsoft and covers Microsoft's UNIX compatible products, subject to certain specified limitations. The Sun and Microsoft license agreements accounted for $25,846,000 of our revenue in fiscal 2003, representing approximately 33 percent of our total revenue for such period. . . .

Warning Letters to Linux End Users.

In response to our belief that parts of our UNIX source code and derivative works have been inappropriately included in the Linux operating system, in May 2003, we sent letters to approximately 1,500 large corporations notifying them that using the Linux operating system may violate our asserted intellectual property rights. Subsequently, we began contacting Linux end users about their use of Linux, and in December 2003, we began sending additional letters to selected Fortune 1000 Linux end users specifically asserting that using the Linux operating system in a commercial setting violates our rights under the United States Copyright Act, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, because certain copyrighted application binary interfaces, or "ABI Code," have been copied from our copyrighted UNIX code base and derivative works and contributed to Linux without proper authorization and without copyright attribution. In the letter we also warned Linux end users that we intend to take appropriate actions to protect our rights and that they may not use our copyrighted code except as authorized by us.

Linux End User Intellectual Property ("IP") License Initiative.

In August 2003, we first offered to Linux end users our IP license in the United States and recently began offering the license in countries outside the United States. The license permits the use of our intellectual property, in binary form only, as contained in the Linux operating system. By purchasing the license, customers will properly compensate us for our UNIX intellectual property as currently found in Linux. . . .

Intellectual Property Protection Generally

Our SCOsource initiatives rely primarily on a combination of contract rights, copyright laws and a detailed legal strategy. We also require that our employees and consultants sign confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements. We also regulate access to, and distribution of, our documentation and other proprietary information. . . .

Current Status and Strategy

In fiscal 2004, we will continue to pursue our SCOsource initiatives. We will continue to review and evaluate our UNIX license agreements and pursue large vendor contracts similar to those completed in fiscal year 2003 with Sun and Microsoft. Additionally, we will further pursue our SCOsource IP license initiative with end users of Linux. To accomplish this objective, we plan to increase our SCOsource sales team in fiscal year 2004, and may also make the SCOsource IP license available through select SCO resellers.

More Details on the Rescission Offer:

Here's more detail on the rescission offer and why they are making it:

We are offering to repurchase 137,219 shares of common stock purchased pursuant to our 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or ESPP, during the six-month periods ended November 30, 2004 and May 31, 2005 from our current and former employees who are residents of California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Texas, Utah or Washington.

• We are also offering to repurchase 175,587 shares of common stock purchased pursuant to the ESPP during the six-month periods ended May 31, 2003, November 30, 2003 and May 31, 2004 from our current and certain former employees who were, at the time of issuance, residents of California and Utah and are now residents of Arizona, California or Utah.

• In addition, we are offering to rescind the offer of securities to employees residing in California who enrolled in the ESPP for the offering period that began June 1, 2005 because we have not completed the qualification of the offer and sale of such shares with the Securities Regulation Division of the California Department of Corporations.

• The repurchase price for the shares of our common stock subject to the rescission offer ranges from $0.65 to $5.21 per share and is equal to the price paid by those persons who purchased these shares, excluding interest. . . .

Q: Why are we making the rescission offer?

A: We have offered and sold shares of our common stock under our 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or ESPP, without complying with registration or qualification requirements under federal securities laws and the securities laws of California, Utah and possibly other states. As a result, those current and former employees have a right to rescind their purchases of shares under the ESPP or recover damages if they no longer own the shares, subject to applicable statutes of limitations. The rescission offer is intended to address these federal and state securities laws compliance issues by allowing the holders of the shares covered by the rescission offer to rescind the underlying securities transactions and sell those securities back to us. . . .

We may continue to have potential liability even after this rescission offer is made.

The Securities Act of 1933 does not provide that a rescission offer will extinguish a holder’s right to rescind the issuance of shares that were not registered or exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933. Consequently, should any recipients of our rescission offer reject the offer, expressly or impliedly, we may remain liable under the Securities Act of 1933 for the purchase price of the shares issued under the ESPP during the six-month periods ended November 30, 2004 and May 31, 2005 that are subject to the rescission offer. Additionally, regulatory authorities may require us to pay fines or they may impose sanctions on us, and we may face other claims by participants other than rescission claims.

Your federal right of rescission may not survive if you affirmatively reject or fail to accept the rescission offer.

If you affirmatively reject or fail to accept the rescission offer, it is unclear whether or not you will have a right of rescission under federal securities laws after the expiration of the rescission offer. The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission is of the opinion that a person’s right of rescission created under the Securities Act of 1933 may survive the rescission offer. However, federal courts in the past have ruled that a person who rejects or fails to accept a rescission offer is precluded from later seeking similar relief. . . .

We have issued options under our equity compensation plans without complying with registration or qualification requirements under the securities laws of California, Georgia and possibly other states, and, as a result, we may incur rescission liability for such options and may face additional potential claims under state securities laws.

In addition to the shares issued under the ESPP that are subject to this rescission offer, we have granted options under our 1999 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan and 2002 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan without complying with the registration or qualification requirements under the securities laws of California, Georgia and possibly other states. We may face rescission liability to plan participants holding unexercised stock options in these states. Additionally, regulatory authorities may require us to pay fines or they may impose other sanctions upon us, and we may face other claims by plan participants other than rescission claims. . . .

Background

Since May 2002, we have issued 1,231,242 shares of our common stock to our current and former employees under our 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or ESPP, that exceeded the number of shares we had previously registered for issuance with the SEC on Form S-8. Because the issuance of these shares was not exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, their issuance did not comply with federal registration requirements. Our failure to register the issuance of these shares gives the employees who purchased them a right to rescind their purchases, or recover damages if they have sold their shares, for up to one year following their issuance.

Since February 2003, we have issued shares of our common stock under our ESPP to current and former employees residing in California, Utah and possibly other states without complying with the registration or qualification requirements of these states. This group of shares is part of the group of shares that was issued without complying with federal registration requirements as described in the preceding paragraph.

Our common stock was listed on The Nasdaq National Market until February 2003. Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, preempts such securities from the state registration or qualification requirements that would otherwise apply. When we transferred the listing for our common stock to The Nasdaq SmallCap Market in February 2003, we no longer qualified for this federal preemption. As a result, since February 2003, we have inadvertently issued shares under the ESPP without complying with registration or qualification requirements in any state in which an exemption from these requirements did not apply. In all states other than California and Utah, either an exemption from registration or qualification requirements applied or the applicable statue of limitations has passed. Our failure to register the shares issued under the ESPP in California and Utah gives the employees who purchased them a right to rescind their purchases or recover damages if they have sold their shares.

Our failure to comply with the registration requirements of federal and state securities laws was inadvertent. Since our noncompliance with such laws was discovered earlier this year, we have filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8, have qualified the offer and sale of shares under the ESPP in Utah, are in the process of applying to qualify the offer and sale of shares under the ESPP in California and are voluntarily making this rescission offer.

Here are just some of the risk factors they list this time:

The issuance of common shares to BayStar Capital II, L.P. may have an adverse impact on the market value of our stock and the existing holders of our common stock.

We have an effective registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the sale or distribution by BayStar as a selling stockholder of the 2,105,263 shares of common stock issued to BayStar in connection with our repurchase completed in July 2004 of all Series A-1 shares previously held by BayStar. We will not receive any proceeds from the sales of the shares covered by such registration statement. The shares that may be sold or distributed pursuant to such registration statement represent approximately 6 percent of our issued and outstanding common stock. The sale of the block of stock to be covered by such registration statement, or even the possibility of its sale, may adversely affect the trading market for our common stock and reduce the price available in that market.

Our stock price could decline further because of the activities of short sellers.

Our stock has attracted the interest of short sellers. The activities of short sellers could further reduce the price of our stock or inhibit increases in our stock price.

The right of our Board of Directors to authorize additional shares of preferred stock could adversely impact the rights of holders of our common stock.

Our Board of Directors currently has the right, with respect to the 5,000,000 shares of our preferred stock, to authorize the issuance of one or more additional series of our preferred stock with such voting, dividend and other rights as our directors determine. The Board of Directors can designate new series of preferred stock without the approval of the holders of our common stock. The rights of holders of our common stock may be adversely affected by the rights of any holders of additional shares of preferred stock that may be issued in the future, including without limitation, further dilution of the equity ownership percentage of our holders of common stock and their voting power if we issue preferred stock with voting rights. Additionally, the issuance of preferred stock could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock.

Our stockholder rights plan could make it more difficult for a hostile bid for our company or a change of control transaction to succeed at current market prices for our stock.

We have adopted a stockholder rights plan. The power given to the Board of Directors by the stockholder rights plan may make it more difficult for a change of control of our company to occur or for it to be acquired when the acquisition is opposed by our Board of Directors.

There's a long list of exhibits, and these are the ones that I'd like to study :

2.1 - Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among Caldera Systems, Inc., Caldera International, Inc., now known as The SCO Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”), and The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc., and related amendments (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-45936)).

3.2 - Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation regarding consolidation of outstanding shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G/A filed on July 7, 2003 (File No. 000-29911)).

3.3 - Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation regarding change of name to The SCO Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G/A filed on July 7, 2003 (File No. 000-29911)).

3.4 - Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G/A filed on July 7, 2003 (File No. 000-29911)).

3.5 - Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 1, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

3.6 - Certificate of Correction correcting the Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 1, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

4.1 - Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G/A (File No. 000-29911)).

4.2 - Rights Agreement dated as of August 10, 2004 by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 1, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.1 - 1998 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-94351)).

10.2 - Amendment No. 1 to 1998 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.3 - Form Notice of Grant of Stock Options for 1998 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.4 - 1999 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 10.4 through 10.8 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-45936)).

10.5 - Amendment No. 5 to 1999 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.6 - Amendment No. 6 to 1999 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.7 - Form Notice of Grant of Stock Options for 1999 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.8 - 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-45936)).

10.9 - Amendment No. 2 to 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.10 - Amendment No. 3 to 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.11 - Amendment No. 4 to 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2003 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.12 - 2002 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2003 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.13 - Form Notice of Grant of Stock Options for 2002 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.14 - Office Sublease Agreement by and among the Registrant, Canopy Properties, Inc. and Gateway Technology Center, LLC, dated January 10, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2003 (File No. 000-29911)).

10.26 Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of October 16, 2003 between the Registrant and the persons listed therein as Purchasers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2003 (File No. 000-29911)). 10.27 Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 16, 2003 between the Registrant and the persons listed therein as Purchasers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2003 (File No. 000-29911)). 10.29 Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 6, 2003 between the Registrant and Vultus, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-106885)).