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    Microsoft is acquiring the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a move that could dramatically impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the market for computer operating systems.

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    In a statement published this week, SCO Group blames the success of Linux and "negative publicity", as causes for its decline -- the company may need to wind up its operations after its copyright case against Novell collapsed, prompting it to file for bankruptcy.

  • Don't ignore the fact that SCO could win

    Commentary: Open-source folks aren't tackling the one key question in the SCO Group-IBM battle over Unix - what if the company's right?

  • SCO CEO: Why we're suing IBM

    SCO CEO Darl McBride explains the motivation behind the company's controversial lawsuit against Big Blue and its implications for the future of open source.

  • 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.

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  • Did SCO open Unix source code?

    Several organisations argue that SCO's shipment of a Linux product undermines its current attack on the operating system's intellectual-property underpinnings, but SCO says the argument is baseless.

  • 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.

  • It's a Matrix moment for Linux

    We are finding out that the brains of Linux programmers have been floating in tanks, feeding the parasitic robots (lawyers) who are calling the shots at financially strapped SCO. Now it's time to harvest those brains.

  • 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.

  • Who really owns Unix?

    Allen Brown, CEO of The Open Group, explains that his organisation owns the Unix trademark and that SCO Group holds the rights only to the OS source code.

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  • It's a Matrix moment for Linux

    We are finding out that the brains of Linux programmers have been floating in tanks, feeding the parasitic robots (lawyers) who are calling the shots at financially strapped SCO. Now it's time to harvest those brains.

  • Who wrote Linux?

    Recent disputes over the authorship of Linux are missing an extremely obvious point. Has nobody noticed?

  • SCO vs the Linux world...What's a Linux user to do?

    Commentary: SCO's lawsuit against IBM has sparked controversy in the open-source world - here are some things for Linux users to consider.

  • Power5 to quadruple server brawn

    Big Blue fires up a computer running IBM's forthcoming Power5 processor, a key milestone for the company's future plans to pressure Sun and Hewlett-Packard in the Unix server market.

  • Why 64 bit is the 'new' catchword

    With chip makers chomping at the bit to update systems to create a 64-bit world, CIOs need to ask the tough question, "why?" This article provides compelling arguments for the switch.

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