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  • An open future?

    It is time for the users to wrest back control to create operating environments that best suit their individual needs.

  • Open-source Visionary: Proprietary software is not okay

    When he began his one-man mission in 1984, critics dismissed Richard Stallman as tilting at windmills. Has his labour paid off?

  • SCO updates Unix product, open-source attitude

    In an effort to turn around its dwindling Unix revenue, SCO introduced a new version of its OpenServer product Wednesday in the US along with a new open-source-friendly attitude.

  • Linux license overhaul - don't hold your breath

    The snowballing success of Linux has attracted involvement from all corners of the computing realm - but the breadth of that interest is expected to complicate a revision of the software's legal underpinnings.

  • SCO targets federal supercomputer users

    The SCO Group, the company that's hoping to profit from its assertion that Linux violates its Unix intellectual property, has threatened legal action against two US federal supercomputer users, letters released last Thursday show.

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  • Open-source Visionary: Proprietary software is not okay

    When he began his one-man mission in 1984, critics dismissed Richard Stallman as tilting at windmills. Has his labour paid off?

  • An open-source call to arms

    Do you need open-source legal protection any more than you need meteor insurance? Don't dismiss the idea.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Commentary: Unix's war on Linux

    The lawsuit filed against IBM by SCO is a stalking-horse for a deeper struggle between proprietary and open-source software.

Reviews (1)

  • The big boys of backup: 4 tape devices tested

    With ever-expanding amounts of data to back up, it's good to see backup media are keeping pace. We take a look at four tape backup options with more than 200GB capacity per tape.

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