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  • Novell: SCO insolvency 'imminent, inevitable'

    Novell has claimed that The SCO Group, the licensing and consulting firm conducting various legal campaigns over the Linux operating system, is about to go bankrupt.

  • Apple in court dispute over Unix

    As legal battles heat up over who owns the rights to the Unix operating system, another dispute has been quietly simmering over the rights to the Unix name itself.

  • Open-source spat spurs software change

    A licensing dispute in the open-source world has resulted in an important software package being removed from the OpenBSD version of Unix and has led to a spat between the programmers in charge, including a Melbourne man.

  • Inside the Linux arcana

    Did a 1994 agreement with SCO hand Sun a smoking gun?

  • Sun pushes price cuts to stay competitive

    Sun Microsystems Australia has kicked off its first quarterly product release with 40 percent price reductions and the first example of its much-hyped N1 strategy, in an attempt to stay competitive in a depressed spending market.

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  • Apple in court dispute over Unix

    As legal battles heat up over who owns the rights to the operating system, the company that claims ownership of the Unix name says Apple is infringing its trademark.

  • The open source patent conundrum

    Although Sun Microsystems recently made software patents available for use by open-source developers, OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture is turning increasingly murky.

  • Red Hat: Walking the Linux tightrope

    Marketing director Paul Salazar admits there have been plenty of hiccups along the way but says Red Hat is now working hard to please the open-source community and investors alike.

  • Could Sun hold a key to SCO's future?

    As SCO forges ahead with a take no prisoners approach, its most fervent opponents are salivating at the prospect that a sealed 1992 settlement between the University of California, Berkeley, and Novell could disprove SCO claims to the Unix code. Imagine if Sun were holding a similar document in its files?

  • The real future of Linux

    For Linux to grow, a more traditional model of capitalism must be implemented. Red Hat is attempting this move with recent changes to its licensing and support policies. Find out how this might affect future distributions.

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