At the time, SCO was suing IBM for 3 Billion dollars and the press was giving credence to this howler. And Microsoft comes to you saying we know this case is a lock, but we can't get our hands on it.. would you do this for us? 50 Million buys you perhaps $500 Million in a couple of years in a negotiated settlement???
It easy to see how these folks could be duped.
Oh I see why BayStar wanted to do it. A negotiated settlement would have raked in some dough for them. I guess the question how did MSFT exactly "sweeten the pot". Just saying they will make some guarantees seems a little odd unless they are used to doing business this way.
There is supposed to be an email out there somewhere. I guess I gotta go look for it.