Monthly Archives: March 2004
Add CA to SCOs List of Licensees
Computer Associates International Inc. is the latest company to admit publicly that it has signed up for The SCO Group Inc.s intellectual property (IP)...
Sun Needs to Open Source Java
Is open sourcing Java a good idea for Sun? I think the answer is an unequivocal yes. I also think that the chances that...
SCO Cant Win
Editors Note: There are two sides to every story, including the battle over Linux. To help crystallize the issues, we asked two of our...
An Offer Sun Can Refuse
My colleague Steven Vaughan-Nichols makes a good case for Sun Microsystems, Inc. open-sourcing Java. He votes with "an unequivocal yes" while at the same...
You Cant Secure What You Cant Even Find
On this past Friday morning, one headline at the Cryptonomicon.net site read, "Text of Bill Gates RSA Keynote Available." Running down the left margin...
Eight Fatal Software-Related Accidents
Date
Deaths
Detail
2003
3
Software failure contributes to power outage across the Northeastern U.S. and Canada.
2001
5
Panamanian cancer patients die following overdoses of radiation, amounts of which were determined...
Software Quality—By The Numbers
There can be as many as 20 to 30 bugs per 1,000 lines of software code.—Sustainable Computing ConsortiumThere are no methods of removing software...
Leaked Memo Revives SCO-Microsoft Connection Furor
Is there always fire where theres smoke?In the open-source community, the rumor that just wont die claims that Microsoft Corp. is funding The SCO...
Rollins Named Next Dell CEO
Kevin Rollins, Dell Inc.s president and chief operating officer, will take over as CEO this summer, the company announced on Thursday.
Rollins, who has been...
AOL Taps Its ICQ IM for Social Networking Launch
America Online Inc. is moving into the burgeoning social networking field with the launch of a new service from its ICQ instant messaging group.
ICQ...