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SCO Takes Linux Licensing Fight Further

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Despite skepticism from several Linux supporters, Unix software maker SCO has reiterated its claims that the Linux kernel — versions 2.4.x and later — incorporates the company’s own proprietary source code. SCO has called on Linux users to purchase licenses to avoid copyright infringement. Lindon, Utah-based SCO has been in a legal battle with IBM…

Split Decision on SCO Impact, Response

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The perceived impact of the Linux licensing claims by Unix software maker SCO on enterprise use of the open-source OS, much like the recommended response to SCO, is split, according to industry analysts. The legal posturing in the dispute, which began when SCO filed suit in March against IBM, claiming Unix source code from SCO…

SCO Claims Copyright Trumps GPL

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The legal battle over alleged unauthorized incorporation of Unix source code into Linux is leading to scrutiny of the GNU General Public License (GPL) that covers the use and distribution of open-source software. In its $3 billion lawsuit against IBM, Lindon, Utah-based SCO has claimed commercial users of Linux are benefiting from SCO Unix V…

Linux, Microsoft and the 64-Bit Decade

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Linux remains overmatched in the 32-bit world on the desktop. There is just too large a base of Windows users and related applications for Linux to dominate the market in a reasonable period of time. However, transitions breed change, and the industry is about to take a big step into the 64-bit world, where the…

SCO Claims Linux GPL Is Unconstitutional

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

By responding to IBM counterclaims against it and arguing that the General Public License (GPL) that covers Linux is not enforceable and in fact violates the U.S. Constitution, Lindon, Utah-based SCO has put itself in a tough position, intellectual property and software lawyers told TechNewsWorld. In its response, SCO argued that the GPL is “selectively…

Dispelling Misconceptions About Microsoft

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

I was chatting with a journalist a couple of days ago to help with background on a story on Microsoft designed to debunk one of the most common misconceptions surrounding the company. I started to realize there were a lot of them — some I actually held myself — that either were no longer true…

Linux vs. Apple: An Uncomfortable Battle

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

I’m currently reading a science fiction book that refers to Bill Gates, and I was watching a movie recently in which one of the streets is named Microsoft Way, which happened to be on the moon. Clearly, Microsoft permeates much of what we do in tech, so it’s no wonder that every time there is…

Out-of-Control IT Departments

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In San Jose, California, the city IT organization started an aggressive program to build the most advanced city hall in the state. The department’s leaders thought they grasped the technology, and there wasn’t a hot buzzword that was missed in the proposal. The local paper, The Mercury News, took an in-depth look at the bid,…

The Most Powerful Labor Union in the World: Linux?

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

For several years a number of us have been anticipating the emergence of a Software Labor Union. The argument has not been whether it will emerge but what form it will take. The conditions for forming technology unions have never been better. In many companies there exists a huge difference in compensation between the management…

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