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Executive Q&A: SCO's Darl McBride: Page 2 of 6

Many are wondering if SCO's moment in the spotlight has come and gone. To keep up, the company has made some tough decisions. One led to the combining of the end-user and dedicated-channel sales teams. That resulted in lower channel sales as a percent of overall revenue, although it did improve the company's coordination in the field. And the company's overall partner head count, at 1,000 or so, is down, though many who drifted away were legacy Caldera partners more interested in pursuing Linux than SCO Server or UnixWare, SCO's other flagship product.

In a one-on-one interview at SCO's headquarters in Lindon, Utah, with VARBusiness senior executive editor T.C. Doyle, McBride outlines how the legal battles are going and where he sees SCO rebounding.

VB: So, how's life?

McBride: Well, we're in the middle of the hurricane.

VB: You feel like that?