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  • LinuxWorld: turning up Linux legal heat

    The legal war over Linux escalated as the SCO Group found itself on the receiving end of lawsuits and as SCO outlined its plans to license the operating system--all this against the backdrop of the LinuxWorld conference.

  • Linux moves on to next battles

    Linux, having just won the fight for mainstream respectability, has moved to a challenge that's less glamorous but just as important: making itself attractive to the information technology industry.

  • Open source grows beyond its roots

    One of a growing cadre of open-source companies, Zimbra will add joint document creation and sharing to its messaging and collaboration software at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco.

  • Big computing flexes Linux muscle

    The growing influence of the Linux operating system and the open-source software movement will be on display as several large companies announce products and plans at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo.

  • Open source firms claim business model benefits

    Proprietary companies waste too much money on promoting their wares rather than focusing their resources on developing better products, a group of open source companies agreed last week.

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  • Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux

    Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to sell Linux for desktop computers, the companies' chief executives said Tuesday.

  • SuSE plans 2003 Linux desktop push

    SuSE plans to announce in January an effort to bring the open-source Linux operating system to desktop computers, an attack on Microsoft that will be bolder than similar initiatives from Red Hat and Sun Microsystems.

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