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Linux rivals settle lawsuit
News Two companies that sell Linux for computing devices such as network equipment or DVD players have settled a lawsuit involving alleged mishandling of open-source software. Because MontaVista has a strong interest in Linux and the General Public...
[October 14, 2003, 9:30]
How the SCO lawsuit will affect Linux adoption
News Let's look at the history behind the lawsuit, its effect on customers and competitors in the market, and how IBM could turn this lawsuit into an opportunity to accelerate Linux adoption rather than deter it.
[April 15, 2003, 9:37]
Linux lawsuit raises questions for customers
Talkback Yet another biased piece by Charles Cooper, Why are you beating this up? only reporting one side of the story SCO doesn't even own the copyright on the unix code it is claiming IBM has used.http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/05/pr03033.html
[November 24, 2003, 22:47]
Linux lawsuit raises questions for customers
Talkback Looking at who stands to gain from the potential damage that the SCO-IBM lawsuit could have on open-source, I think there are greater forces at work here and one of them begins with 'Micro' and end in 'soft'.
[July 26, 2003, 16:43]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback Ever hear of vested intrests. Microsoft criticising it rivals. Now that has never happened before.
[November 19, 2004, 12:53]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback Pesumably, as no one has come "looking" so far, this is a FUD threat from Microsoft that they may try and use some of the software patents that they have been aquiring over the last year or so. I wonder how IBM, Novell and others would feel about...
[November 18, 2004, 15:04]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback "We think our software is far more secure than open-source software. It is more secure because we stand behind it, we fixed it, because we built it. Nobody ever knows who built open-source software," Scandalous!
[November 20, 2004, 9:11]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback We're back in the Netscape days. MS sees competition so it's fighting dirty to get rid of it.
[November 19, 2004, 12:32]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback Does Linux code get the same kind of attention from security analysts, hackers and "I told you so" freaks that Windows does.I don't think so. There are no bragging rights for hacking Linux. Personally I think it's highly likely that the CIA, Al...
[November 19, 2004, 14:11]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback Considering the uptake of Linux worldwide, m$ has to do something, anything, to stop the hemorrage. 20,000 desktop licences is a lot of money lost to microsoft, and Ballmer is scared. He sees the turn SCO has taken, and is content to let them wash...
[November 22, 2004, 5:44]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback The problem that exists is that Microsoft hasnt' had any real competition besides Sun Microsystems and Apple. Now that a true threat (true in the sense that there is something that compete with them in all aspects of business) they don't know how...
[November 19, 2004, 14:40]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback we ain't worry.my penguins and cows are here to protect me from evil butterflys.linux is coming for you! are your windows dirty?
[November 30, 2004, 15:13]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback Are you sure, Mr Ballmer, that your Windows Operating System doesn't violate any patent?
[November 18, 2004, 15:14]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback Dear Anonymous, you don't help your case by confusing registered trademarks with software patents.
[November 18, 2004, 15:14]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback What a shabby and pathetic way to conduct business. If companies have to resort to scaremongering tactics to persuade customers to use their products rather than letting their quality and pricing speak for themselves, there is obviously something...
[November 18, 2004, 15:27]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback Ballmer; what are the USPTO numbers of these 228 patents ? Ballmer is not lying, I think he actually believes what he says but as we have found with our own UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and his "45 minute launch of WMD" claims on Iraq, no matter...
[November 18, 2004, 16:22]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback I find it interesting that the company who's previous battle cry was "freedom to innovate" is now using unethical legal harassment to fight Linux. Microsoft is anti-capitalist. Since when is threatening people with lawsuits for using a competitive...
[November 18, 2004, 16:41]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback But no-one knows what IP Windows/Office etc violates do they? It's closed code. At least with Open source we can remove any infringing code.
[November 18, 2004, 15:13]
SCO Group unveils Linux for Itanium
News SCO Group, which gained notoriety for a Linux-related lawsuit it filed against IBM last month, released a version of Linux for Intel's Itanium processor family on Tuesday. But IBM abandoned Project Monterey in favour of Linux, a move that...
[April 16, 2003, 7:39]
SCO adds another accusation to IBM case
News SCO Group has significantly widened its Unix and Linux lawsuit against IBM, adding a copyright infringement claim to the already complicated case, sources said on Thursday. SCO, meanwhile, has said the copyright claims will be involved in a lawsuit...
[February 6, 2004, 7:15]
