Thursday, October 09, 2003|
ACCC Asks SCO To Explain Themselves
from the blimey dept. An anonymous reader writes "The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) governmental organization has issued a request to SCO to provide information regarding complaints filed with it, according to The Age. This deals with issues regarding SCO's IP claims, and statements regarding the need for commercial Linux users to obtain a Unix licence. With any luck, that'll be Slashdot's daily dose of SCO news..." [Slashdot] 8:31:41 AM  comment []
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ACCC Asks SCO To Explain Themselves
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SCO Files 2nd Motion Asking the Red Hat Judge for a Delay on Discovery. There has been quite a lot of activity in the Red Hat case. SCO filed a Motion to Dismiss the action in its entirety, as you know, and Red Hat filed its answering brief. But since we last reported on this case, Red Hat initiated discovery. They asked SCO for documents and for answers to some pointed questions. [GrokLaw] 8:30:01 AM comment []
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Critics say Microsoft IE changes premature. Microsoft Corp. may be unnecessarily forcing developers to rewrite large portions of the Web, say members of the Web development community who fear that the software giant's plans to bring its Internet Explorer browser in compliance with a recent software patent ruling against the company are premature. [InfoWorld: Top News] What we are seeing here is the problem with tie-in to a single vendor. This is a major problem. MSFT is actively pursuing an appeal of this decision on several levels, yet they are forcing developers to alter the way pages are written. This is real muscle-flexing. BTW, don't get me started on the evils of software patents... 7:22:45 AM comment []
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