Exhibit 10.15

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT  Between  SCO OPERATIONS, INC.  And  S2 Strategic Consulting, LLC

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT

This Independent Contractor Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of July 1, 2003 ("Effective Date"), by and between SCO
Operations, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of The SCO Group, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "SCO"), with offices at 355 South 520 West, Suite 100, Lindon, Utah
84042 and S2 Strategic Consulting, LLC ("Independent Contractor" or "IC"), a Delaware LLC, with offices at 4567 So. Mathews Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84124.

This
agreement supercedes and/or replaces any prior contracts or agreements between the parties.

In
consideration of the payments herein provided to be made and the mutual promises, agreements and undertakings herein contained, the parties mutually agree as follows:

1.0   SCOPE OF SERVICES



2.0   INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS



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3.0   COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES



4.0   WARRANTIES



5.0   CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION



6.0   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY



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7.0   INDEMNIFICATION



8.0   TERMINATION



9.0   INSURANCE



10.0 NOTICE



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11.0 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY



12.0 MISCELLANEOUS



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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date last set forth below.

|SCO OPERATIONS, INC. |  | S2 STRATEGIC CONSULTING, LLC
|-------------------- |  | ----------------------------
|BY:                  |  | /s/ROBERT K. BENCH          
|NAME:                |  | Robert K. Bench             
|TITLE:               |  | Chief Financial Officer     
|DATE:                |  | August 4, 2003              
|                     |  |                             

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EXHIBIT A
STATEMENT OF WORK

As
used herein, the term "Transaction" shall mean, collectively: (i) the development of SCO's Intellectual property including licensing, securing, enhancing or monetization of
SCO's patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets; (ii) any merger, acquisition, consolidation, joint venture, spin-off, reorganization, recapitalization, business
combination, license, settlement, partnership, joint venture or other transaction pursuant to which SCO acquires, or combines with, any person, group of persons, partnership, corporation or other
entity (a "Target"), (iii) (a) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, license, joint venture, settlement business combination or other transaction pursuant to which
SCO is acquired by, or combined with, any person, group of persons, partnership, corporation or other entity (an "Acquiror") or (b) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by an Acquiror (or
by one or more persons acting together with an Acquiror pursuant to a written agreement or otherwise), in a single transaction or a series of transactions pursuant to a written agreement, with SCO
providing for such acquisition, of (x) greater than 50% of the assets or operations of SCO or (y) any outstanding or newly-issued shares of SCO's capital stock (or any securities
convertible into, or options, warrants or other rights to acquire such capital stock) (such capital stock and such other securities, options, warrants and other rights being collectively referred to
as "SCO Securities") if the Acquiror thereby becomes the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the outstanding equity securities of SCO (any of the transactions in clauses (a) and
(b) above being referred to as an

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"Acquisition
Transaction"), or (iv) any reorganization or restructuring pursuant to a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization confirmed pursuant to Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy
Code (collectively, a "Plan") that is initiated by IC and defined in writing as required in this section 1. If SCO chooses to sell any of its securities or assets, SCO agrees to utilize legal
counsel and a licensed Broker/Dealer to prepare and mail any offering materials for any Securities offering in which IC acts as an advisor. SCO and IC both acknowledge and agree that IC is not a
licensed Broker/Dealer and cannot and will not deal in or negotiate the sale or purchase of any securities.

In
performing its services pursuant to this Agreement, IC is not assuming any responsibility for SCO's decision to pursue (or not to pursue) any business strategy or to effect (or not to
effect) any Transaction.

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Furthermore,
if at any time after the termination of this Agreement IC is called upon to render services directly or indirectly relating to the subject matter of this Agreement beyond
the services contemplated herein (including, but not limited to, producing of documents, answering interrogatories, giving depositions, giving expert or other testimony, whether by agreement, subpoena
or otherwise), SCO shall pay IC the then current hourly rates for the persons involved for the time expended in rendering such services, including, but not limited to, time for meetings, conferences,
preparation and travel, and all related costs and expenses, inclusive of the reasonable legal fees and expenses of IC's counsel.

The
SCO and IC acknowledge and agree that the hours worked, the results achieved and the ultimate benefit to SCO of the work performed, in each case, in connection with this
engagement, may vary, and that SCO and IC have taken this into account in setting the fees hereunder.

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