In a letter to UNIX-champion SCO, Novell's Jack Messman said SCO did not own copyrights and patent rights to Unix -- rights it has recently asserted versus Linux vendors.
Programmmers Report news briefs from 5/20/2003.
Analysis of the company's suit against IBM and Linux users.
More moves related to the company's ongoing legal action.
As Enterprise Linux becomes the poster child for open source and IT budgets remain tight, the question of where real value lies will remain. Customers may not necessarily demand open source, but neither will they pay for functionality that’s a commodity.
In the last few months, there has been a surge in reports of enterprises adopting Linux. The “free” nature of open-source software may appeal to many firms as one way to reduce costs. Meanwhile, the impression that Linux is more secure than Windows has been fostered by a never-ending set of security patches for the various flavors of Windows. Whether this impression is true or not remains to be seen.
Company makes move to open-standards graphics.
Product offers an open source way to stay up to the minute.
Application server teams up with performance management suite.
Company pledges to move ahead without leaving customers behind.
Software and hardware makers announce more joint projects.
Software and hardware companies team up.
Industry expert says sunny skies are ahead... sometime.
VMware release a new version of its virtual machine software.