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Linux : News : Analysis of Linux Code that SCO Alleges Is In Violation Of Their Copyright and Trade Secrets.
Posted: ( Wed 20th Aug 2003 07:10:35[AM] UTC )
On August 18 at their trade show in Las Vegas, SCO showed code that they claim was copied into Linux in violation of their copyright or trade secrets. The German publisher Heise photographed two slides of SCO's code show and made them public on their news ticker. Bruce Perens does an Analysis.

Linux : News : SCO puts disputed code in the spotlight
Posted: ( Wed 20th Aug 2003 07:10:07[AM] UTC )
SCO Group's legal battles against Linux took center stage at the company's partner and customer conference, as executives displayed lines of disputed code and vowed to continue their fight.

Linux : News : Global IT firm predicts Linux will have 20% desktop market share by 2008
Posted: ( Sat 16th Aug 2003 10:53:36[AM] UTC )
One of the world's largest IT companies is declaring that the Linux desktop will capture 20% of the market for desktop computers in large enterprises within 5 years.

Linux : News : Geeks triumph at LinuxWorld Penguin Bowl
Posted: ( Sat 9th Aug 2003 09:41:30[AM] UTC )
From Linux kernels and chemistry to lawsuits, all things nerdy and newsworthy were fair game at the Golden Penguin Bowl, a fixture of the LinuxWorld conference meeting here this week.

Linux : News : SGI plots out 128-processor Linux system
Posted: ( Sat 9th Aug 2003 09:41:29[AM] UTC )
SGI, which sells a 64-processor Altix 3000 computer based on the open-source operating system, will release a 128-processor version in spring 2004, the company said Tuesday.

Linux : News : Novell snaps up Linux company Ximian
Posted: ( Tue 5th Aug 2003 06:37:41[AM] UTC )
Networking software maker Novell on Monday boosted its Linux portfolio with the acquisition of Linux software maker Ximian for an undisclosed sum.

Linux : News : Red Hat files suit against SCO
Posted: ( Tue 5th Aug 2003 06:37:26[AM] UTC )
Red Hat escalated the legal war over Linux on Monday by announcing that it has filed a lawsuit against the SCO Group.

Linux : News : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 beta up for grabs
Posted: ( Mon 4th Aug 2003 12:10:21[PM] UTC )
Red Hat has put out a beta for version 3 of its enterprise class operating system, offering up support for a host of processors.

Linux : News : Open Groupware.org completes Office productivity software set
Posted: ( Mon 4th Aug 2003 12:10:21[PM] UTC )
The Open Groupware.org (OGo) project, a sister organisation to OpenOffice.org, has announced the formation of an international development community and an initial release of Open Source groupware server software, writes Martin Langham of Bloor Research.

Linux : News : Oracle To Launch Linux Center, Keep Seeking "Gurus"
Posted: ( Mon 4th Aug 2003 12:10:21[PM] UTC )
Oracle will launch a Web-based center for Linux application developers working with the Perl, PHP, and Python programming languages. The site will initially provide sample source code for Perl only. PHP and Python code will be added later, in that order.

Linux : News : Intel Joins Open-Source Tools Consortium
Posted: ( Mon 4th Aug 2003 12:10:21[PM] UTC )
Intel joins other major platform companies such as Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Borland Software Corp. and a host of others in the IBM Corp.-sponsored effort to create an open platform for Java-based tools integration.

Linux : News : Red Hat opens Linux development process
Posted: ( Sun 27th Jul 2003 10:33:19[AM] UTC )
Red Hat released a new test version of its Linux operating system on Monday along with a new development process that's designed to include outside programmers.

Linux : News : Asian Linux: Some keen, others cool
Posted: ( Sun 27th Jul 2003 10:33:19[AM] UTC )
Asia could leapfrog Western countries in the development of Linux-based applications, but some governments are not latching on to this opportunity, says a senior IBM executive.

Linux : News : Linux group broadens membership
Posted: ( Sun 27th Jul 2003 10:33:19[AM] UTC )
The Open Source Development Lab, a group dedicated to building high-end features into Linux, has taken its first step in a plan to expand its membership beyond the computing industry.

Linux : News : Linux wars: Big Blue strikes back
Posted: ( Sun 27th Jul 2003 10:33:19[AM] UTC )
IBM has launched a counterstrike against SCO Group's attack on Linux users, arguing that SCO's demands for Unix license payments are undermined by its earlier shipment of an open-source Linux product.