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Did SCO open Unix code?
News Several organisations are arguing that SCO Group'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.
[June 12, 2003, 8:09]
Unix decline extends SCO revenue drop
News The SCO Group's revenue continued to decline in its most recent quarter, but the company that launched a legal attack on Linux reported a narrower net loss compared with the year earlier. For SCO's fiscal second quarter, which ended on 30 April...
[June 2, 2005, 15:15]
Hackers take SCO Web site offline
News Last weekend, a denial-of-service attack took down the Web site of The SCO Group, which is caught in an increasingly acrimonious row with the open-source community over the company's legal campaign against Linux.
[August 26, 2003, 8:55]
BayStar wants management changes at SCO
News SCO's current lawsuits involve Unix licensees IBM and DaimlerChrysler, Linux user AutoZone, and Linux sellers Novell and Red Hat. After nearly a week of silence, BayStar Capital said on Wednesday that its move to retrieve a $20m (£11.3m) investment...
[April 22, 2004, 12:45]
Sun emerges from shadows holding SCO licence
News A previously secret licensee of SCO Group's Unix intellectual property has revealed its identity: Unix leader Sun Microsystems. SCO's Unix-licensing plan got a major boost of publicity in May when Microsoft announced its decision to license Unix...
[July 11, 2003, 8:05]
Sun may shelter Java users from SCO
News Can fear of SCO help Java grow? SCO's legal position has drawn the ire of open-source advocates, some of whom have hacked SCO's site. Sun is contemplating adding an unusual provision to some of its Java licenses under which the company would agree...
[September 11, 2003, 9:40]
McBride denied telephone service
Talkback Most of them have no problem with SCO suing IBM in court, and they would most certainly remove anything that a court would find violatess SCO copyright. In fact SCO would probably not even have to go to court to have this done.
[February 5, 2004, 9:47]
Ballmer and Gates are quitters, says Sun boss
News Despite claiming that his company had done more than any other vendor to support Linux, McNealy, referring to the continuing lawsuit between SCO and IBM, warned that Linux users would have little protection if SCO was successful.
[August 1, 2003, 11:15]
Could Novell kill OpenSolaris?
Blog Sun launched OpenSolaris with the blessing of SCO (then apparently owner of Unix) on the basis that its original deal with former owner AT&T gave it the right to open source a Unix-based Solaris. Now, with SCO down, Novell is definitely the owner...
[May 7, 2008, 12:59]
Fujitsu Siemens: PC boom days are over
News Von Hammerstein said he is unworried by ongoing legal threats by SCO Group, which is alleging that companies that use Linux could be leaving themselves open to legal action. He said it would be difficult for SCO to prove that any overlap between...
[June 12, 2003, 15:15]
Novell deepens Linux commitment
News At the time of the SuSE buyout, Novell announced that it had also received a $50m (£28.6m) investment from IBM, a major Linux backer, and the network software maker was an early combatant in SCO Group's ongoing legal battle against Linux.
[December 16, 2003, 15:40]
Linux lab wants non-tech members
News First was the lawsuit involving Unix and Linux brought against IBM by SCO Group, which had been an OSDL founding member but since has discontinued its Linux product. OSDL's mission -- rapidly bringing high-end features to Linux -- is precisely what...
[July 25, 2003, 10:34]
TurboLinux makes big moves
News In addition, TurboLinux is continuing to partner with SCO's Professional Services division to deliver high--end Linux solutions. SCO has helped TurboLinux with getting Turbo's clustering solutions out to the public.
[February 1, 2000, 11:56]
Linux insurance goes on sale
News Open Source Risk Management plans on Monday to begin selling Linux users protection against copyright infringement claims such as those levied by the SCO Group. But SCO has no objection to OSRM's business: "If people feel there's risk involved in...
[April 19, 2004, 8:25]
Linux creator takes commercial position
News The operating system continues to ride a wave of popularity, especially among businesses, but it also has become embroiled in legal challenges from SCO Group. In the latest twist in the legal saga, SCO on Monday claimed in a $3bn (£1.78bn) lawsuit...
[June 17, 2003, 15:16]
Novell to run networking software on Linux
News Novell's Linux push comes as the company is embroiled in a dispute with SCO Group over which company owns certain Unix patents and copyrights. The dispute is central to high-profile legal actions filed by SCO against Linux providers and companies...
[June 25, 2003, 9:36]
UnitedLinux working on desktop distribution
News The current members each have a different technical and geographical focus, with SuSE in Germany, Conectiva in Brazil, SCO in the US and Turbolinux in Asia-Pacific. He said that the potential new members were being evaluated for what they could...
[October 15, 2002, 14:07]
2004: The year of desktop Linux?
Talkback Excitement about Linux, the FIRST viable challenge to the sick, corrupt, and innovation-starved M$ monoculture, continues unabated, despite the Micro$haft-funded FUD campaign waged by SCO. There is NO evidence of SCO's criminal behaviors having ANY...
[December 27, 2003, 22:51]
Open-source group lobbies for members
News Black said the group will keep a close eye on SCO Group's legal activities. That company sent shivers through the open-source community earlier this year when it sued IBM, saying the company had incorporated SCO's Unix code into Linux.
[August 7, 2003, 11:00]
NZ bank joins ranks of Linux converts
News BP switched all its point of sale terminals to Linux from SCO's Unixware after realising it meant that hardware did not have to be upgraded with the software, according to Scott Harrison, director of Linux distributor Red Hat.
[April 22, 2002, 11:14]
