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  • SCO actions prompt Linux warning

    Analyst firm Gartner has recommended that customers minimise their use of Linux on important systems because of questions resulting from SCO Group's warnings about legal liability.

  • SCO adamant discovery process backs Linux claims

    Files produced by IBM back up SCO's claims Big Blue "improperly contributed code to Linux," the Unix seller said in a memorandum to a US court last week.

  • Sun, HP: SCO probably won't touch us

    Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard say SCO Group's attempt to obtain royalties for inappropriate uses of Unix won't likely affect them, while Linux specialist Red Hat said it would defend itself vigorously against any challenges.

  • HP to indemnify Linux customers

    Hewlett-Packard plans to announce Wednesday in the U.S. that it will indemnify its Linux customers against potential legal actions by SCO Group.

  • Novell offers absolution to IBM in SCO spat

    The tag-team wrestling match among software makers SCO Group, IBM and Novell has entered another round, with Novell invoking its presumed right to clear IBM of any contract violations.

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Features and Case Studies (9)

  • SCO and Linux: The legal rights and wrongs

    Q&A An intellectual-property lawyer gives advice to technology customers concerned by SCO's Linux action

  • Time to ignore SCO?

    Linux users are safe even if the courts rule in favour of the SCO Group, says one technology law expert. Is it time for the IT industry to move on?

  • 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.

  • IBM should indemnify open-source customers

    IBM is giving its customers the blues by asking them to assume financial and legal risk with its open-source software--that's after those same customers have already shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars for the code.

  • Linux in crisis

    Cheap shot or brilliant tactical move? Whichever the case, one can't help but question the timing of the SCO Group's latest legal wrangle.

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