Unix vendor cum software shakedown artists SCO got a $100 million shot in the arm from Stephen Norris Capital Partners. The investment will give SNCP a controlling stake in SCO and allow the company to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and pursue its legal claims against IBM, Novell, and anyone who ever shook Linus Torvalds's hand. [Internetnews.com]

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