There’s No Business Like SCO Business
When SCO originally launched its case against IBM, most observers suspected that there was some kind of case to answer. There were two reasons to believe this.
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Judge slams SCO’s lack of evidence against IBM
The federal judge overseeing the SCO Group's suit against IBM regarding Unix and Linux has thwarted an IBM attempt to defang SCO's claims, but he also voiced loud skepticism about SCO's case.
Review: UnixWare 7.1.4 is suitable for basic server duty
UnixWare 7.1.4 is the latest in a long line of Unix releases from The SCO Group. It is a stable and mature Unix, with a variety of basic servers included, such as the Apache Web server and Squid, and is available in both single-user desktop-oriented versions and server versions. It has reasonable support for hardware, good documentation, and a nice integrated management utility that offers unified administration of the OS, hardware, and servers. Performance as a server platform is good, supporting a number of TCP sessions and Web server users, and file transfer performance is competitive with Linux and Windows platforms.
The Linux Killer
They call him Microsoft's sock puppet, the most hated man in high tech. SCO's Darl McBride is fighting a war for the future of free software. And he wants to make you pay.
SCO and the Battle Over UNIX: A Clear Explanation
In the past year, the battle over UNIX has generated significant litigation and lots of anxiety among the open source community and software users alike. However, the multi-front battle is complex, making it hard to understand what's going on and what's at stake. This article explains the disputes, summarizes the latest status (as of 6/14/04), and offers some possible lessons to learn.
UnixWare 7.1.4 Released
Among the products SCO announced were version 7.1.4 of its UnixWare software, accompanied by new editions for small businesses and for embedded devices such as slot machines; updates to calendar and e-mail server software; authentication software to ease login troubles in mixed Unix-Windows environments; and an OpenServer overhaul called Legend, based on the UnixWare kernel.
Showdown with the Linux Gang
Working largely on their own time, Linux devotees apply their collaborative model for creating software, known as open source, to attack SCO and its case. Dozens of online detectives comb corporate documents, analyze legal filings and publish everything they can find about the company, its finances, management and connections to Microsoft.
SCO Revenue Takes a Tumble
The SCO Group reported lackluster second-quarter results on Thursday, with revenue falling across its three divisions and its loss from operations widening and McBride blames IBM, Novell to SCO's fiscal woes. In the meantime, the Sun Vs SCO soap opera has started (here too).
SCO Backs Off GPL Claims
In The SCO Group Inc.'s latest U.S. District Court filing as it battles IBM over Linux, the company is no longer using the affirmative defense that the GNU General Public License (GPL) is unconstitutional. SCO president and CEO Darl McBride took aim at the GNU General Public License, under which Linux is distributed, in a December open letter. He said the GPL violates the U.S. Constitution as well as U.S. copyright and patent laws.
BayStar Wants SCO Group to Focus Solely on IP Enforcement
And where everyone thought that BayStar pulled out their investment off SCO because they didn't like the bad press and any SCO involvement, it seems to be the exact opposite: they want to see even more IP enforcement from SCO! "It's questionable whether SCO Group should continue in the (Unix) market," BayStar's spokesman Bob McGrath said. "We're looking for the best return we can, and we think the focus should be on IP licensing (and enforcement)."
Why SCO Thinks It Can Win
In many pro-Linux circles, it's a given that The SCO Group Inc. can't possibly win in court. Obviously, SCO disagrees.
SCO: Leaked e-mail a ‘Misunderstanding’
The SCO Group dismissed a leaked memo that connected Microsoft to $86 million in investments in the company, saying the author of the e-mail misunderstood the venture deal.
SCO sues AutoZone
SCO Group Inc. Wednesday said it has filed a copyright suit against auto-parts company AutoZone Inc., alleging the chain runs versions of the freely distributed Linux operating system that contain code belonging to SCO.
SCO alters claim in IBM case, signs licensee
The SCO Group Inc. was granted leave last week to amend its case against IBM Corp. Trade secret claims have been dropped, and replaced with copyright infringement claims, Blake Stowell, SCO's corporate communications manager said Monday.
Nmap Refuses Usage by SCO
The recent released new version of Nmap (a security scanner) refuses, despite the usage of GPL, any usage by SCO. This is valid for all nmap versions: "we hereby terminate SCO's rights to redistribute any versions of Nmap in any of their products".
What did SCO buy–Unix or the Brooklyn Bridge?
"To the outsider, and even to me for some time, the various lawsuits involving the SCO Group follow a relatively simple story line. I'm not a lawyer, but after many interviews with the involved parties and lawyers, the case boils down to divergent interpretations of the subject matter." Read the editorial at ZDNet.
SCO Roundup: Is The End In Sight?
As if the SCO Group doesn't have their hands full with the MyDoom worm, recent updates in the Linux lawsuits have caused quite a stir. The folks at Groklaw have transcribed all of the documentation in which SCO details the code they claim to own. But now it looks like SCO's argument, which is based on their definition of "derivative code," may be contradicted by AT&T, who not only wrote the original code, but wrote about this exact scenario in $echo ...in 1985!
SCO Announces OpenServer Update Pack 2
SCO OpenServer Update Pack 2 builds on SCO's SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 operating system by providing new hardware support for USB 1.0 and 2.0. In Update Pack 2, SCO also begins bundling and supporting the object-relational database management system, PostgreSQL.
Five Reasons to Choose UNIX Instead of Linux
SCO is giving us their ten cents why customers should use Unixware instead of Linux.
SCO Claim Reaches 5 Billion USD
Linux antagonist SCO Group is seeking to add $2 billion to its legal claim against computing giant IBM while changing the scope of the suit.