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  • IBM takes issue with SCO Unix suit

    IBM began hitting back Friday against a SCO Group lawsuit that charges Big Blue with misappropriating Unix trade secrets and using them in Linux.

  • Big Blue files counterclaims against SCO

    IBM on Thursday filed counterclaims against the SCO Group in the continuing legal battle over the Linux operating system.

  • Chip wars: Now there are three

    Compaq Computer's announcement that it will use Intel's Itanium chips in its high-end servers and transfer its Alpha chip expertise to Intel represents a dramatic overhaul of the market. As a result, just three major chip designs are left to compete: Intel's Itanium, Sun Microsystems' UltraSparc and IBM's Power.

  • Future is bright for Linux

    The jury is still out on how Linux will build on its initial proliferation in the enterprise. Linux vendors have consolidated in search of solid ground, but IBM's incarnation of the penguin may portend success in tomorrow's high-speed networks. We asked industry experts how they expect Linux to reach its stride.

  • Gartner: Linux continues drive into datacentres

    A straw poll of attendees at Gartner's Data Centre Conference in January revealed that 40 percent of them were running a combination of Linux or Unix and Windows. This shows that there is little sign that "Linux will 'hit a wall', the analysts suggested in a research note published this week.

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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.

  • SCO backs off Linux invoice plan

    SCO Group has backed off a plan to send invoices to prod corporate users into buying licenses to use Linux, an operating system the company argues violates its Unix intellectual property.

  • 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.

  • 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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  • 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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