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IBM: Our Unix licence is irrevocable
News IBM has dismissed as idle an SCO Group threat to cancel Big Blue's licence to ship Unix products starting on June 13, saying that its contracts guarantee rights to the operating system. We've reviewed our contracts, and our Unix licence is...
[March 11, 2003, 13:00]
McNealy 'thrilled' Sun's Unix licence is safe
News Responding to a question from silicon.com this week, Sun chief executive Scott McNealy said: "I don’t want to speculate [on the outcome of the lawsuit] but I'm thrilled to death SCO can’t revoke our Unix licence.
[July 31, 2003, 8:47]
SCO cancels Sequent's Unix licence
Talkback Microsoft is feeling the preasure of Linux and sits behind this, SCO suddenly has got a big buddy, and M$ is winning all the way, not just putting presure on Linux but Unix too.
[August 13, 2003, 18:16]
McNealy 'thrilled' Sun's Unix licence is safe
Talkback There is a factual error in this report. Sun finished the 4th quarter with a modest profit not a loss of $12M as is stated in the article. The figure of $12M was the net income for the quarter over a gross revenue of $2.98Billion
[August 8, 2003, 11:42]
McNealy 'thrilled' Sun's Unix licence is safe
Talkback This paragraph in your article is incorrect: Last week the company reported a worse-than-expected fourth quarter loss of $12m on revenue of $2.98bn while competitors such as Dell and IBM remain strong.
[August 3, 2003, 19:46]
McNealy 'thrilled' Sun's Unix licence is safe
Talkback Irix and Next are probably safe too.because people have stopped using thos OSes as well.
[August 2, 2003, 0:39]
McNealy 'thrilled' Sun's Unix licence is safe
Talkback The most recent license, signed in February of this year, "licensed several hundred drivers to connect, essentially, peripheral devices to the operating system," This was before the SCO licensing issue blew up, and only covers drivers, not the core...
[August 1, 2003, 13:21]
McNealy 'thrilled' Sun's Unix licence is safe
Talkback Sun is hardly out of the dog fight, as it is financing SCO's attack, along with Microsoft. Sun is desperately trying to cripple Linux's server side capability, while taking advantage of Linux on client side.
[July 31, 2003, 9:40]
SCO cancels Sequent's Unix licence
Talkback There isn't any "IBM subsidiary Sequent". IBM bought them and they're integrated into the company. The web site www.sequent.com redirects to www.ibm.com. This would explain why you weren't able to contact Sequent representatives for comment.
[August 13, 2003, 23:19]
SCO cancels Sequent's Unix licence
News Based on the move, SCO claims that IBM no longer has the right to use or license Dynix/ptx, and said that customers should not be able to acquire a licence for the software. The SCO Group on Wednesday terminated its Unix System V software contract...
[August 13, 2003, 16:25]
IBM launches Linux counterattack on SCO
News IBM has launched a counterstrike against SCO Group's attack on Linux users, arguing that SCO's demands for Unix licence payments are undermined by its earlier shipment of an open-source Linux product.
[July 28, 2003, 9:06]
SCO prepares to send invoices for Linux
News The SCO Group is turning up the heat in its attempt to impose Unix licence fees for Linux use: it plans to begin sending invoices to companies before the month is out. We'll give ample opportunities to get the licence before we do that.
[September 3, 2003, 8:50]
SCO seeks to halt IBM's Unix
News SCO Group on Monday said it revoked IBM's licence to sell its version of Unix, called AIX, and requested that a judge permanently block IBM's Unix business. SCO said that the termination of the AIX licence means that all IBM Unix customers also...
[June 17, 2003, 7:40]
McBride reaches for rhetoric in Linux battle
News In an open letter posted on the SCO Web site Thursday, McBride argues that the General Public Licence (GPL) that underlies distribution of Linux, which is a Unix-derived operating system, is unconstitutional because it violates copyright and...
[December 8, 2003, 13:45]
SGI draws SCO's wrath
News High-end computer maker Silicon Graphics is in line to become the next target of Linux opponent SCO Group, with the controversial software seller threatening to revoke SGI's Unix licence. The filing included a statement detailing the company's...
[October 2, 2003, 9:25]
Microsoft's SCO licensing deal 'snubs Linux'
News IBM, which is a major backer of Linux as an open-source alternative to Microsoft's Windows, has dismissed SCO's claims and says it has a valid licence to Unix technology. The licence ensures that Microsoft's software complies with SCO's...
[May 20, 2003, 7:24]
Open-source gurus slam SCO
News First, some proprietary Unix code has been copied line-by-line into Linux; second, Unix licensee IBM moved software developed for Unix to Linux against licence provisions; and third, Unix "concepts and methods" are used in Linux.
[August 1, 2003, 9:10]
SCO sets Monday deadline for IBM
News Friday is the deadline for IBM to meet SCO's demand that it comply with the terms of its licence to sell Unix or face revocation of that licence. SCO Group's next move in its legal wrestling match with IBM is likely to come on Monday, possibly in...
[June 13, 2003, 7:59]
Did SCO open Unix code?
News SCO critics argue that because the company shipped a Linux product under an open-source licence, that Unix code no longer is proprietary. This may be a test of the open-source licence. That licence permits anyone to freely read, modify and...
[June 12, 2003, 8:09]
SCO names Linux licensee
News The SCO Group, which claims ownership to the Unix operating system, identified on Monday a company that has agreed to sign a licence to use Linux. SCO has been demanding that Linux users purchase a SCO intellectual property licence to use Linux.
[March 1, 2004, 16:20]
