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  • SCO selling Linux licences online

    Controversial software seller the SCO Group has launched an online-ordering site for companies that want to use the open-source Linux operating system with SCO's blessing.

  • SCO adamant discovery process backs Linux claims

    Files produced by IBM back up SCO's claims Big Blue "improperly contributed code to Linux," the Unix seller said in a memorandum to a US court last week.

  • EU lawmakers threaten open source

    The European Commission has proposed a law that could allow criminal charges to be pressed against businesses using software that is believed to infringe upon another company's intellectual property (IP). Experts warn that the law could allow SCO to sue Linux users in a criminal court.

  • SCO pulls second IBM Unix license

    SCO Group on Wednesday said it terminated a second IBM Unix System V license, the one that covers the discontinued Dynix/ptx operating system IBM obtained through its acquisition of Sequent several years ago.

  • Time to ignore SCO?

    Linux users are safe even if the courts rule in favour of the SCO Group, says one technology law expert. Is it time for the IT industry to move on?

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  • Time to ignore SCO?

    Linux users are safe even if the courts rule in favour of the SCO Group, says one technology law expert. Is it time for the IT industry to move on?

  • What if SCO wins?

    Open source companies are growing up and becoming the profit-oriented entities that companies at their core truly are. But this can be like watching Dr. Jeckyl turn into Mr. Hyde.

  • SuSE widens scope for desktop Linux

    The software maker introduces a version of Linux aimed at enterprise customers, hoping to move the open-source software beyond servers and low-cost PCs.

  • Start-up launches Linux legal protection

    Open Source Risk Management plans on Monday in the US to begin selling Linux users protection against copyright infringement claims such as those levied by the SCO Group.

  • Open Solaris and strategic consequences

    IT veteran Paul Murphy examines whether Sun's move to open Solaris is more than just a case of jumping on a moving bandwagon.

Reviews (8)

  • MyDoom is YourDoom

    Viruses like MyDoom spread more quickly than warm butter on toast. Why?

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3: An overview

    One of the newest enterprise versions of Linux on the scene is Red Hat's Enterprise Linux 3-the latest version of Red Hat's industrial strength open source server. Here's a highlight of its most important features.

  • Linux maker Mandrake: we need cash

    Linux seller MandrakeSoft issued a plea for cash Friday, encouraging people to buy products, MandrakeClub memberships or company stock.

  • Love on Linux

    Q&A: In his first interview since the UnitedLinux announcement, Caldera CEO Ransom Love explains how the project will work, and why Red Hat is not the competition, but in fact is a red herring.

  • Thin, but no flakes: 4 thin-clients reviewed

    Last month we looked at thin-client terminals. This month RMIT examines the back end for thin-client setups.

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