Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

The SCO Group is now trying to make more charges stick in its case against Novell. The only real question about this move is … what took them so long? Apparently they only just realized that (gasp!) Novell sells Linux (another gasp!). I mean, come on, Novell selling Linux? Who knew? Indeed, SCO threatened to […]

The DCC Alliance, made up of several Linux distributors attempting to add LSB (Linux Standard Base) 3.0 compatibility to Debian Linux, has not had an easy time of it. Even before the group was formally launched, other Debian Linux distributors, like VA Linux Systems Japan, objected to LSB 3 compatibility being added by the group […]

Was $80 billion too little for Yahoo? If you believe a recent story in the Los Angeles Times, as many stock buyers appeared to have, that was indeed the case. But would such a deal really make sense for the Windows giant? Dan Kusnetzky, IDC vice president for system software research, cant see it. “Since […]

Linspire Inc. and Mirus Innovations LLC Wednesday announced the launch of Koobox, a new line of desktop computers that exclusively run Linux. Starting at $299 (sans monitor), the Koobox PCs come with Linspires Linux 5.0 operating system. They also include the OpenOffice.org office suite, Firefox, and numerous other open-source programs. “The Koobox line is unique […]

When, I first heard that Peter Quinn, the soon-to-be former CIO of Massachusetts was resigning because, “Many of these events have been very disruptive and harmful to my personal well-being, my family and many of my closest friends,” I assumed that ODF (OpenDocument Format) would soon be following him out the door. Oh, I know […]

I can understand why many people love Ubuntu and its KDE-interfaced brother, Kubuntu. However, neither one is a perfect fit for me. First, the good news: although they go by different names, theres really no fundamental difference between the Ubuntu brothers. Ubuntu uses the GNOME interface, while Kubuntu uses KDE. Specifically, the newest version, Ubuntu […]

Over at NewsForge, Jay Lyman does a good job of explaining why HPs Media Hub, a Linux media system, came to nothing. He also talks with some analysts and people in the business about why Linux media centers havent appeared. Thats all well and good, but Lyman doesnt ask the question I want to know […]

I may be good at some things, but Im lousy at making Web sites. Oh, I know my way around HTML, and Im decent at Macromedias Dreamweaver, but just because I know how to paint, doesnt make me Van Gogh. So it is that when I looked at my sad little Practical Technology Web site, […]

Some people, bless their hearts, think that what determines which technology is bought and deployed in business and government depends on technical quality. You might call it the “let the best program win” crew. Some people know better. Some of us know that technology purchasing has a lot more to do with office politics, old […]

Well, SCO has now shown its cards to the courts. We, the Linux-using public, wont know for months exactly what it had to show. But, after following SCO, Caldera, Novell, IBM, Linux, Unix and all the court cases for ages, Im sure that the evidence amounts to… nothing of any significance. /zimages/4/28571.gifClick here to read […]

The SCO Group Inc.s bad financial news continues as the company reported its financial results on Wednesday for its fourth quarter and year ending Oct. 31. SCOs revenue for the quarter ending Oct. 31 was just over $8.5 million, compared with just over $10 million for the comparable quarter of the prior year. SCO blamed […]

After more than two and a half years, SCO must finally turn over to the U.S. District Court in Utah any proof it has that theres Unix code in Linux. Back on June 16, 2003, Mark J. Heise, a Miami-based partner in The SCO Group Inc.s law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and complex […]