[newsforge daily] May 20, 2003

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May 20, 2003

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Sue Me? Sue You? SCO, Linux &amp; Unix
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/2214204

• by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols - On May 12, 2003, SCO tried to break all ties with its Linux past and declared war on the entire Linux community. Specifically, underneath the legal language, SCO claims Linux includes Unix code stolen, or directly developed, from their SCO Unix code. "Therefore legal liability that may arise from the Linux development process may also rest with the end user." Therefore, "Similar to analogous ...

Interview: Talking pizza and packets with Samba co-founder Tridge http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/02/1316220

• by Alexander Antoniades - Much in the same way that Cisco founders Sandy Lerner and Leonard Bosack invented the router so they could send emails to each other across the Stanford University campus, Andrew Tridgell just wanted the three computers on his home network to talk to each other. The three computers, a PC running DOS, a Sun workstation, and a DECstation 3100 running Digital Unix, needed a common protocol that all could understand. ...

Hey SCO, sue me
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/17/1238221

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Yes, these people are using their 'Hey SCO, sue me' petition to badger poor, hapless SCO. Worse, they're inviting you to join them. If you are the kind of person who enjoys tormenting companies that seem bent on destroying Linux, you may want to sign this petition yourself. Who knows? Maybe you'll get lucky and SCO will actually sue you for using Linux.

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Aqua Data Studio 3.0 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/1619251

    JohnLH writes "AquaFold, Inc today announced the latest version of Aqua     Data Studio, it's universal database tool for building, managing and     maintaining enterprise relational databases. Aqua Data Studio includes     support for all major database platforms such as Oracle 8i/9i, IBM DB2,     Informix Dynamic Server, Sybase Adaptive Server, Sybase Anywhere,     Microsoft SQL Server and the open source databases MySQL and     PostgreSQL. Developed with the Java ...

Palm has a worthy rival in Linux-based PDA http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/1610215

     When personal digital assistants, or PDAs, captured the public     imagination - or at least the fancy of gadget lovers - Palm took an     early and commanding market lead.

Sun uses Intel and AMD for budget blades http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/1439259

     Sun will replace its own Sparc processors with Intel and AMD chips to     create a 'budget' range of blade servers. Sun Microsystems is expected     to unveil on Monday a partnership with software maker Oracle to promote     the use of stripped-down blade servers as a way to lower computing     costs.

What If SCO Is Right?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/1435226

     The common wisdom is that SCO is bluffing in its charges that Linux     vendors and users ripped off SCO's Unix intellectual property. But we     don't actually know that. They could have a case.

A new distro in town: Gentoo emerges victorious http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/1423249

     The 'meta-distro' Gentoo makes it possible to compile and configure     everything on your system exactly the way you like, providing you with     more structure and tools to ease the process and automate updates. Do I     still like Debian? I absolutely love it. But until further notice,     Gentoo is now my flavor of Linux.

The Bloor Perspective: Ballmer on Linux, IBM's dinosaur and SQL's future http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/1413241

     Recently Microsoft held a meeting in Berlin with leading European     industry analysts to discuss Linux and Open Source Software (OSS). The     day concluded with Steve Ballmer, CEO of the Redmond headquartered     giant, discussing Microsoft's position in the world.

Verilog simulator supports 64-bit Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/1410207

    Claiming a new level of performance and affordability for high-capacity     simulation, Fintronic USA has announced that its Super FinSim Verilog     simulator now runs on 64-bit Linux workstations. The company claims     this capability will support simulations using more than 4 Gbytes of     main memory.

   Legal suit threatens Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/1356235

     Users of Linux have found themselves embroiled in a legal claim being     mounted by Unix owner SCO, which last week warned that firms using     Linux may face action for infringing its copyrights.

   Five years of IT's ups and downs
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/1333226

     What a long, strange trip it has been. The five years since IT Week     was first published have seen information technology perceived as     everything from a revolutionary force for business progress at the     zenith of the dot-com age, to a scandalous waste of money at the nadir     of post-Y2K disillusionment.

Playing the Linux Game, By email
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/1353244

     The Linux Game works like this: Players compete to make their business     commercially viable in a world of Open Software. There are no rules.                                                             

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