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[News] [Linux] The Dangers of Suing Your Own Customers; SCO Signs a Deal

  • Subject: [News] [Linux] The Dangers of Suing Your Own Customers; SCO Signs a Deal
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:55:21 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Open Notebook, Open Sources: How the GPL Grew

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| If you're thinking about attacking open source code, you might think 
| twice before attacking this customer. The U.S. Navy has adopted a 
| policy of requiring that open source code be considered in every 
| software acquisition that the Navy makes, in an order signed by Navy 
| CIO Robert J. Carey on June 5.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/06/id_like_to_open.html

Speaking of suing one's own customers, look who has just got a deal...

Madhya Pradesh Government of India Chooses SCO Mobile Based Solution

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| ...Government of India has selected SCO Mobile Server as the 
| platform for developing and deploying government services to more 
| than 60 million citizens. India is deploying this e-governance 
| solution to provide online public services and record keeping, 
| including online bill payment, taxes, land records, income 
| certificates, loans, driving licenses, birth and death certificates 
| and various government entitlement programs.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070625/lam090.html?.v=91

Maybe they haven't been following the news for a while. They also rescue SCO
from delisting dangers.

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