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  • Former SCO exec samples Linux again

    Ransom Love, the former chief executive of Linux archenemy SCO Group, has jumped back into the Linux business by joining the board of a start-up called Progeny.

  • Caldera, stay off the mushrooms

    Caldera's decision to change its name to The SCO Group indicates that it might be suffering from one vision too many.

  • Meta: Don't listen to SCO

    Companies should proceed with current or planned Linux projects despite the SCO Group's move to curb usage of the popular open-source platform, says research firm the Meta Group.

  • Is Caldera moving away from Linux?

    Caldera's name change to SCO Group has prompted fears that the company is abandoning Linux. The CEO says this is not true.

  • Tarantella on track: Interview

    Tarantella chief executive Doug Michels talks about life post-Unix, Tarantella's relationship with Caldera and the challenges facing his new project.

Features and Case Studies (17)

  • Linux community scoffs at SCO's evidence

    As pictures of contested Linux code make their way online, open-source enthusiasts are bashing The SCO Group for its claims that the code shows it has legal rights over the OS.

  • SCO: Australian companies should dump Linux

    Businesses currently using Linux must seriously consider turfing it out, according to Kieran O'Shaughnessy, regional general manager for SCO Australia and New Zealand.

  • SCO fees may hit some Linux users

    SCO Group, the struggling company that holds the copyright to the Unix operating system, plans to boost its revenue by charging fees to some customers who have moved from its products to Linux.

  • Damned if you do and damned if you don't

    In a new twist to the SCO Group's labyrinthine plot, the company now says it will invoice customers running or developing applications using Linux. Is this just a clumsy execution of an 11th hour plan or perhaps a smokescreen for a hidden agenda?

  • Microsoft-SCO: Fact and fiction

    Is Microsoft funding the SCO Group's legal fight against Linux? ZDNet hopes to shed some light and answer common questions swirling around the duo's relationship.

Reviews (4)

  • 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.

  • IBM builds new AIX power base

    IBM's work on the AIX 5L Unix operating system will bear fruit this year, with version 5.1 enabling systems to incorporate Power 4 chips or Intel's Itanium for the first time.

  • UnitedLinux working on desktop distribution

    Linux Expo: With version 1.0 of its server software on the way, the unified Linux group is also contemplating a desktop rollout. It may also bring in new members.

  • Is Linux taking over the enterprise?

    These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.

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