Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 11th Jun 2003 21:39 UTC
Apple Computer is being sued by The Open Group, the San Francisco company that claims ownership of the Unix trademark, for using the term Unix in conjunction with its Mac OS X operating system without a license. Apple has countersued, asking a judge to declare that the trademark is invalid, because the term Unix has become generic. This legal battle, though separate from SCO's recent claim that Linux uses copyrighted Unix source code, adds further fire to the debate over the custody of Unix--the 30 plus-year old OS originally developed by AT&T.
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The interesting thing here is why is this happening now?
As another poster mentioned, products have been marketed this way for quite some time now, next was marketed this way as a "unix" derivative other os's such as the favourite nag os , linux, are marketed much the same way.
I am however not as keen as some tinfoil hat trendsetters to come right out and claim this is some wast conspiracy by bill gates but rather a dotcom cashout for the concerned group.
The open group are probably trying to set this as a deterrent to others.