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To succeed in the rapidly growing mobility software market, the SCO Group knows it needs an infusion of intellectual horsepower.
So, it made perfect sense Tuesday for the Lindon company to offer one of the finest super sports sedans made to the developer of the best application to power the firm's foray into the rapidly evolving world of PDAs, smartphones, music and video players.
Research has shown "this is a market that already has more than 1 billion handsets [worldwide] and will be growing to about 2 billion in the next five years," SCO President and CEO Darl McBride said. "It's big now, and it's only going to get bigger."
To lure programmers to Las Vegas in March for the 20th annual SCO Forum, McBride is dangling a new V10, 507-horsepower BMW M5 automobile - or $100,000 cash. Those taking lessons in SCO's foundational software development suite, EdgeBuilder SDK, also will be paid $1,000 bonuses and be eligible for other prizes.
SCO remains best known for its ongoing $5 billion federal lawsuit against IBM,...