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  • SCO blasts AU open source body's "don't pay" call

    The SCO Group has moved to refute an Australian open source industry group's position paper arguing companies using Linux should not respond to demands from the software company for licence payments.

  • 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.

  • SCO AU downplays media ban as users fire up

    The SCO Group's Australian managing director has played down a move to bar media outlets from his presentation to the Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group (AUUG) as pressure intensifies over the vendor's decision to litigate over intellectual property issues.

  • Meta: Don't listen to SCO

    Companies should proceed with current or planned Linux projects despite the SCO Group's move to curb usage of the popular open-source platform, says research firm the Meta Group.

  • US Linux litigation could stop AU court moves: SCO

    A favourable outcome from planned litigation in the US by the SCO Group against large corporate users of Linux who decline to pay the vendor for allegedly exploiting its intellectual property could reduce the likelihood of similar litigation here, SCO's Australian boss has hinted.

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