Juan Carlos Perez and Scarlet Pruitt

Unix developer The SCO Group Inc. said Tuesday that it is extending an agreement with its lawyers to defend itself against new copyright issues in a move that will take a multimillion dollar bite out of its fourth-quarter 2003 financial results to go toward paying legal fees.

Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) founder Charles B. Wang is retiring from his posts as chairman and member of the company's board of directors, handing his mantle to CA President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sanjay Kumar.