Linux guru offers sneak peek at Kernel Report
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| Jonathan Corbet is an active kernel contributor, co-founder and president of
| Linux development community news site LWN.net, and the lead author of Linux
| Device Drivers, Third Edition. His renowned Kernel Report has been presented
| to audiences worldwide, and this year in Melbourne will mark his fourth
| appearance at Linux.conf.au. Here, Corbet offers Computerworld readers a
| sneak peek at the major themes behind this year's Kernel Report.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;870609546;fp;4;fpid;1968336438
Enterprise Unix Roundup: Wither OpenServer, Unixware?
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| Linux enthusiasts are, naturally, quite thrilled with what seems to be the
| coming end of the SCO drama, which began soon after Darl McBride stepped into
| the CEO position in 2002. After making noises that Linux contained some of
| the source code of the Unix System V code The SCO Group claimed to own, the
| company filed a $1 billion lawsuit against IBM, then one of the largest
| development providers for the Linux operating system.
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http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3720546
Related:
After SCO Dies
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| Could Novell open-source Unix? What will OpenServer customers do? Can Sun
| claim some customers for OpenSolaris?
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| It's going to happen. Some time in 2008, SCO will finally stop thrashing on
| the floor and die. Will it be Novell draining it dry of its last financial
| resources in the U.S. District Court in Utah? Or, will it be the bankruptcy
| court in Delaware divvying up the last bits and pieces of the once-proud Unix
| company?
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2243762,00.asp
Did Microsoft ruin SCO?
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| Which comes to the scenario in mind. Gates approaches McBride and puts forth
| a proposition that SCO should try and make money out of Linux. He offers to
| bankroll the operation in a backhanded manner and then steps back to watch
| the action unfold. His reasoning for doing this? To have a test run before he
| puts Microsoft through the same paces. Either way he wins.
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/did-microsoft-ruin-sco-19663
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