Fw: SCO shows Linux code to analysts | LinuxWorld

[Kyle Plummer]

Here's an update to the SCO, Novell, IBM, etc.


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> LinuxWorld This Week --- June 10, 2003
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> HIGHLIGHTS -- June 10, 2003
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> * SCO shows Linux code to analysts
> * Penguin Computing buys Beowolf cluster company
> * Opera is better than Godounov
> * US Department of Defense sets open-source policy
> * Novell backs off copyright claims against SCO
> * Lawsuit won't stop Linux, Oracle exec says
> * JBoss officials exit for open source startup
> * Python eats up white space
> * Python reappears, with 100% pure Java
> * Oracle to make $5.1 billion bid for PeopleSoft
> * Ballmer targets Linux in annual memo
> * LinuxWorld software downloads index
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> SCO SHOWS LINUX CODE TO ANALYSTS
>      (Source: LinuxWorld.com) Last week, the company began
> showing code to U.S. analysts that, it claims, prove that the
> source code to the Linux operating system contains sections of
> code lifted directly from SCO's Unix code base.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742512
> 
> PENGUIN COMPUTING BUYS BEOWOLF CLUSTER COMPANY
>      (Source: Computerworld) Linux server company Penguin
> Computing is acquiring Beowolf cluster software company Scyld
> Computing in a deal that will merge two niche companies under one
> roof.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742513
> 
> OPERA IS BETTER THAN GODOUNOV
>      (Source: LinuxWorld.com) Opera is $39 if you want to buy it.
> It's not worth purchasing just to get rid of its embedded banner
> ad, but Our Hero thinks it is well worth the money for other
> reasons.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742514
> 
> US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SETS OPEN-SOURCE POLICY
>      (Source: LinuxWorld.com) DOD policy called a victory for the
> open-source movement and a precedent that will lead to a jump in
> usage of open-source software at DOD and elsewhere in government.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742515
> 
> NOVELL BACKS OFF COPYRIGHT CLAIMS AGAINST SCO
>      (Source: LinuxWorld.com) In light of SCO's finding, Novell
> reluctantly acknowledged the amendment 'appears to support SCO's
> claim that ownership of certain copyrights for Unix did transfer
> to SCO in 1996.' Patents, however, are a different matter.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742516
> 
> LAWSUIT WON'T STOP LINUX, ORACLE EXEC SAYS
>      (Source: InfoWorld.com) An ongoing legal challenge to Linux
> is not likely to stop the market's march to Linux overall, but it
> may stall some movement to the open source platform, an Oracle
> official said at the Enterprise Linux Forum conference.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742517
> 
> JBOSS OFFICIALS EXIT FOR OPEN SOURCE STARTUP
>      (Source: LinuxWorld Austrailia) Core Developers Network, a
> services company for integrating Java-based open source software
> projects, was officially launched on Wednesday, spawned out of
> organizations such as the JBoss Group.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742518
> 
> PYTHON EATS UP WHITE SPACE
>      (Source: Network World Fusion) (Part 2 in a series) Python
> program structure is all based on white space. This is kind of
> cool, but requires you to pay attention! There are no 'end'
> constructs.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742519
> 
> PYTHON REAPPEARS, WITH 100% PURE JAVA
>      (Source: Network World Fusion) What got us interested in
> Python all over again was the release on April 25 of Python 2.3b1
> (the first 2.3 beta) for Windows, OS X, and Unix.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742520
> 
> ORACLE TO MAKE $5.1 BILLION BID FOR PEOPLESOFT
>      (Source: InfoWorld.com) Oracle is making a $5.1 billion bid
> for enterprise software provider PeopleSoft in a move to increase
> earnings and enhance future versions of its eBusiness Suite.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742521
> 
> BALLMER TARGETS LINUX IN ANNUAL MEMO
>      (Source: LinuxWorld.com) Microsoft Chief Executive Officer
> Steve Ballmer didn't mince his words when he wrote in a Wednesday
> memo to all Microsoft employees that noncommercial open source
> software, particularly the Linux operating system, was a
> 'competitive challenge.'
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742522
> 
> LINUXWORLD SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS INDEX
>      (Source: LinuxWorld.com) A collection of popular
> applications, utilities and development tools for Linux.
> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742523
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