Monday, May 19, 2003

The fear war against Linux. Open-source activistBruce Perensuncovers the SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince people that trade secrets of Unix have been copied into Linux. [CNET News.com]
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Microsoft to license Unix code | CNET News.com - Microsoft will license the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a move that could impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the market for computer operating systems.
According to a statement from Microsoft, the company will license SCO's Unix patents and the source code. That code is at the heart of a $1 billion lawsuit between SCO and IBM, which is aggressively pushing Linux as an alternative to Windows in corporate back shops.

Just in case anyone was wondering how MS was going to get involved in this...


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