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Microsoft-SCO team puts Linux under fire
Microsoft makes a bold move by licensing SCO Group's Unix software--ammunition in its battle against Linux. This comes right after SCO warned 1,500 of the world's top companies they could be liable for using Linux which contains its Unix intellectual property.


Microsoft sends message with Unix deal
A licensing deal with the SCO Group lends heavyweight backing to Unix intellectual property claims, and helps Microsoft combat Linux, a growing threat.

Microsoft to license SCO Unix code
Microsoft will license the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a move that could dramatically impact the battle between Windows and Linux.

Microsoft's spreading FUD over Linux
Commentary: Fear, uncertainty, doubt. There's an SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince people that trade secrets of Unix have been copied into Linux.

SCO Group's case against Linux
Unix owner SCO's $1 billion lawsuit against IBM provides a glimpse of what claims the company might make if it takes legal action against Linux users or distributors.

Sun, HP: We're safe from SCO
The companies say SCO Group's attempt to obtain royalties for Unix won't likely affect them, while Red Hat says it will defend itself against any challenges.

PeopleSoft: .Net is IT 'asbestos'
The software maker's president and CEO, Craig Conway, warns that running enterprise software on PCs--as Microsoft's .Net strategy calls for--is a "known bad thing."

SCO issues warning to Linux customers
SCO Group, claiming its Unix intellectual property has been illegally incorporated into Linux, sends letters to about 1,500 corporations warning that they could be liable for using Linux.

Linux vendors confused by SCO actions
SuSE says it will continue supporting the UnitedLinux code base despite SCO's attacks on Linux's legal legitimacy. Red Hat and MandrakeSoft are staying pat.

SCO: Real threats or childish behavior?
Commentary: You could say that SCO is doing nothing more than protecting its intellectual property, by calling in the lawyers. But it's behaving more like a belligerent child.

Analyst: Don't fear SCO down under
Companies should check their licenses but proceed with current or planned Linux projects in response to the SCO Group's warning letters, according to a Australian Meta analyst.

SCO sues Big Blue over Unix, Linux
News Focus: SCO claims IBM violated its trade secrets by implementing ideas from Unix in the Linux operating system. Does IBM have "irrevocable" and "perpetual" rights to Unix? Has SCO shot itself in the foot?

Ahh..... I love to watch Microsoft squirm, and this might provide a ripe opportunity. The SCO lawsuit is baseless, and is merely a tactic to allow for a controlled takeover of a company (SCO) that is clearly loosing marketshare and is hurting financially. Their claim that Unix IP is found in Linux although plausable, will, in my opinion, prove to baseless. Microsoft's desire to jump on the bandwagon might be a bit premature, and I would expect that the license they have been granted will probably never be put to good use. In fact, there is a distinct possibility that it is Linux code that has been adopted into Unix, and not the other way around. If this is the case, it would serve to GPL Unix, in a way, and this could be very benneficial to the linux community.

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Several posters in the forums for those articles raised a valid question... They asked if SCO had released all of their UNIX source under the GPL license... if they have the foundation for this case will crumble.

Let alone the arguments found in this paper...
http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html

hang on one moment....

didn't SCO release their own distro of linux several times?

i know there are a few thousand lines of code in linux but why did they not pick up on this before? and why now? to follow on from the previous post, if sco did notice the code before hand and allowed it to be released ( no case? )

and as for microsoft, who knows what is doing on behind closed doors, microsofts anti-compition branch could have told sco to do this, havent they been in talks all this time about a 'licence' for unix?

sorry to put up wild, and strange theorys i am just spilling my mind

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