Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

In a letter sent last week to Linux companies, The SCO Group Inc made a number of specific claims about programs within Linux it contends were stolen from its Unix intellectual property. However, several Linux experts, including Linux founder Linus Torvalds, on Monday countered SCOs assessment, wondering if the programs cited by SCO are Linux […]

The SCO Group Inc. recently made some specific claims about programs within Linux that it contends were stolen from the Lindon, Utah, companys Unix intellectual property. Linux founder Linus Torvalds on Monday offered eWEEK.com a number of specific code examples that countered SCOs assesment. /zimages/2/28571.gifTo read the reponse of Torvalds and other Linux leaders to […]

Once upon a time, there was a little company named SCO that lived in the town of Unix. Now, SCO often ventured out in the woods. One day, it ran back shouting that that nasty bully IBM had attacked it. And, what do you know? People paid attention! They came from all around and said, […]

Does litigation pay? The SCO Group Inc. took time out from its continuing legal struggles with IBM Corp. and other Linux vendors to report revenue of $24.3 million for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, ended Oct. 31. The figure marked a 57 percent increase over the year-ago quarters revenue of $15.5 million. Fourth-quarter […]

Editors note: In a letter sent to numerous Linux-using companies Thursday, The SCO Group Inc. cited specific code in Linux it claims was taken from its Unix intellectual property. The charges follow up the expansion of charges the company made over the past several months, including its intent to charge Linux vendors and users with […]

It used to be that if you were running Linux, you could be reasonablly certain that virus writers and crackers wouldnt come knocking on your network door. Those days are done. Now, crackers are attacking Linux sites,and its only a matter of time until virus writers come calling. Fortunately, Linux developers and security experts are […]

eWEEK.com readers are concerned about Microsoft Corp.s recent moves to retire Office 2000; Windows 98; and other older, but still well-used programs. Most accept that theres nothing to be done about Microsofts decision. Some readers said they see an opening for Macs and open-source operating systems and programs, while others see these retirements as business […]

Robin Roblimo Miller points out that several small companies have now made inexpensive Linux laptops and desktops a reality. For the rest of the story, click on over to NewsForge.

Daniel Dern points out that just becaue open source software gives you the power to add the feature or functionality that you want, doesnt mean that you have to do it yourself. Open source coders are more than happy to be paid to put your improvements in for you. For the rest of the story, […]

Like an early holiday present, Linux 2.6 arrived on Thursday. The new software made Linux distributors happy, but analysts disagreed on how the new kernel will affect the marketplace. Chris Stone, vice chairman of Provo, Utah-based Novell Inc., said in a prepared statement, “The Linux industry is rapidly accelerating and the 2.6 kernel will add […]

Linus Torvalds released the long-awaited Linux 2.6 on Wednesday night, although it wont be adopted by major Linux distributors any time soon. The release, which Torvalds announced to the Linux-kernel mailing list, comes almost three years after the last Linux release, 2.4, in January 2001. (Late beta versions of the 2.6 kernel have been available […]

The quest for a unified Linux desktop has sparked a new struggle between advocates of the KDE and GNOME interface technologies. The battleground: The UserLinux initiative started by open-source heavyweight Bruce Perens. Debian and KDE developers have announced an ambitious initiative to provide an enterprise Linux desktop operating system based on the KDE interface. Perens, […]