Kaspersky grabs Microsoft Linux experts
Friday the 26th, September 2003 at 10:54 AM (EDT)
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Linux antivirus developers who saw their company acquired by Microsoft this June have jumped ship.
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Microsoft blow as Ford signs up for Linux
Monday the 15th, September 2003 at 09:44 AM (EDT)
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FORD is joining the ranks of governments and local authorities across the world that have switched from Microsoft software to the free open-source alternative Linux.
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SCO faces AUUG anger, claims Linux users still liable
Friday the 5th, September 2003 at 01:02 AM (EDT)
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Less than one week after SCO allegedly stated it had no plans to take action against commercial Linux users, the company?s Australia and New Zealand managing director Kieran O?Shaughnessy has reignited the threat.
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Oracle grids light up Linux
Tuesday the 2nd, September 2003 at 12:15 PM (EDT)
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Oracle 10g database and application server products back Linux and grid computing.
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SCO and UnitedLinux
Tuesday the 2nd, September 2003 at 12:13 PM (EDT)
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Anonymous Reader writes "Many of you will be familier with the SCO vs Linux case. This nauseating series of events and fear, uncertainty and doubt has been growing steadily, and such luminaries as Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond and Linus Torvalds have each been sharing their views onthe subject and the likely outcome. Although I am sick of hearing about it, something decided to take place in my head and make me dwell on the situation the other day - the situation with UnitedLinux and SCO."
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MS Sued for Stealing Linux-compatible Streaming Technology
Saturday the 30th, August 2003 at 09:49 PM (EDT)
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Burst.com is reported to hold numerous technology patents for 'increasing the efficiency of video and audio streaming', according to Robert Cringely. A suit is pending against Microsoft for trying to 'steal' this technology from Burst. If Microsoft successfully beats the suit, Burst's multi-platform technology (which includes Linux) could give Microsoft a significant edge in 'streaming's' future, possibly at the expense of other OS's, like Linux."
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Torvalds derides SCO's 'evidence'
Wednesday the 20th, August 2003 at 02:42 PM (EDT)
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The founder of Linux says if code that SCO showed off this week is their best example of copyright violations, 'they are bound to lose'
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SCO undercuts its Linux case
Wednesday the 20th, August 2003 at 10:56 AM (EDT)
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The software company that claims to own key pieces of the free Linux operating system undermined its case this week by displaying samples of the disputed code -- which critics then traced back to a decades-old program released with few restrictions.
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Linux Marches On: Microsoft Marshals Forces To Try To Stem Open-Source Momentum
Tuesday the 12th, August 2003 at 03:36 PM (EDT)
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in a memo to employees in June that the company would need to fix mistakes it made in implementing the annuity licensing program. He added that Linux requires Microsoft's "concentrated focus and attention."
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Tide turns against SCO
Saturday the 26th, July 2003 at 10:41 AM (EDT)
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SCO shares fell nearly 10% Friday, after an IBM memo rejecting SCO's Linux claims turned up. Meanwhile, Andy Butler of Gartner said "Users should not start waving their cheque books" in apparent contradiction of earlier comments by his colleague George Weiss. GROKLAW lists several other analysts taking anti-SCO positions on Linux licensing.
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