[newsforge daily] March 09, 2003

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March 09, 2003

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The U.S. as a second-class Linux citizen http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/02/1343204

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Here's a quote from an article at The Economic Times of India: "Some PC manufactures such as HP sell PCs without software giving the option to chose an operating system to customers from the home segment. Others like Compaq are choosing to load Linux, the free operating system on to their computers." Why aren't U.S. citizens given this same choice?

SCO follows David HannumÂ’s 'sucker' theory in lawsuit against IBM http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/1728239

• by Tina Gasperson - Apparently taking to heart the adage, "There’s a sucker born every minute", SCO yesterday filed a lawsuit against customer IBM, stating that big blue violated Unix licensing agreements by allegedly using and encouraging other companies to use the source code for AIX in Open Source projects. My god, McBride. Are you really that desperate for funds? It sure sounds like it, according to what you said in your teleconference ...

Linux Advisory Watch - March 7th, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/1124250

• by:  Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for sendmail, php, slocate, mhc, eterm, tcpdump, snort, OpenSSL, tg3, squirrelmail, and im.  The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Mandrake, NetBSD, Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE, and Yellow Dog.

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Xbox Linux team issues antitrust plea
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/1350257

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    The programmers who got Linux to run on Microsoft's gaming console now     want the EC's antitrust body to head off a legal response

$1 billion lawsuit against IBM could taint Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/1347205

     SAN JOSE — SCO Group's $1 billion lawsuit against IBM for allegedly     giving away trade secrets in its open-source Linux programs is a     potential boon to Microsoft and other proprietary software companies.

Axceleon Launches Academic High-Performance Grid Computing http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/1342226

    Axceleon, leaders in computational grid software, announced today that     it is offering special pricing to the academic community.

Why SCO Needs to Go
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/1340236

    uninet writes "It's clear to any long term observer of the community     that this means exactly one thing: SCO has not been able to succeed in     the Linux and dying UNIX businesses and is now seeking an alternative     way to bring in profits. Its no secret that the company hasn't been     doing well for some time, in fact, Open for Business and others     questioned SuSE and Conectiva's alliance with SCO and TurboLinux (which     was recently bought up by a ...

(Updated) SCO-Caldera Sues IBM in Intellectual Pro http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/1334239

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    MozillaQuest Magazine takes a look at the legal nitty-gritty and     reports: "The legal action appears to be about claims involving     the UNIX and Linux operating systems . . . Interestingly, none of these     counts are for UNIX source code copyright infringement. The impression     we formed upon skimming over the 136 paragraph Complaint is that     SCO-Caldera is all bent out of shape because SCO is losing UNIX     business..."

SCO: IBM Suit Not About Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/207259

     The legal action the SCO Group brought against IBM on Thursday has     nothing to do with Linux or the open-source community, Darl McBride,     CEO and president of the SCO Group, stressed in a media conference on     Friday morning.

Red Hat: An Appraisal and Outlook
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/1717229

     Ever since the market bubble burst, Red Hat has been struggling to     regain its initial glow of excitement. Although it claims prestigious     accounts (Amazon, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Cisco and others),     enterprise IT loyalty to a specific Linux distribution and distributor     is less locked in than with proprietary systems.

A tale of two licenses: Part 1 (MS EULA) http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/1714246

    rjmatm writes "What restrictions are you accepting when you click     through that license agreement?"

Microsoft issues first-ever dividend
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/178249

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    A.Guru prasadh writes "SEATTLE: Microsoft is issuing its first dividend     on Friday, shelling out more than $850 million to shareholders, from     the smallest investor right up to co-founder Bill Gates."

Mitchell Baker of mozilla.org on Browser Innovation, Gecko, and the Mozilla project http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/171251

    Anonymous Reader writes "Mitchell Baker, mozilla.org's Chief Lizard     Wrangler, has written an article about browser innovation and the     future of the World Wide Web. Lots of stuff about cross-platform     technologies and open Web standards, with some interesting comments     about Apple's new Safari browser."                                                             

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