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  • 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.

  • SCO to cap legal expenses

    The SCO Group, committed to an expensive legal attack against Linux, said Tuesday it has removed some financial uncertainty from its future by working out an agreement to cap payments to its law firm.

  • SCO, BayStar resume squabbling

    The SCO Group and BayStar Capital, the fund that arranged a crucial US$50 million investment in the Linux litigator, haven't settled their disagreements after all.

  • BayStar begins selling SCO stock

    BayStar Capital, the investment fund that arranged a US$50 million cash infusion for the SCO Group, has begun selling its common shares.

  • SCO seeks to buttress claims against Big Blue

    The SCO Group has added a few snippets of detail to its claims that Linux contains software inappropriately copied from Unix, but a judge has put a limited hold on one of the company's legal attacks.

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Features and Case Studies (9)

  • 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.

  • 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 fees may hit some Linux users

    SCO Group, the struggling company that holds the copyright to the Unix operating system, plans to boost its revenue by charging fees to some customers who have moved from its products to Linux.

  • High alert for open source?

    Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to disguise their origin, SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said Thursday.

  • Start-up launches Linux legal protection

    Open Source Risk Management plans on Monday in the US to begin selling Linux users protection against copyright infringement claims such as those levied by the SCO Group.

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Reviews (1)

  • Linux maker Mandrake: we need cash

    Linux seller MandrakeSoft issued a plea for cash Friday, encouraging people to buy products, MandrakeClub memberships or company stock.

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