newsco

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

SCO's McBride takes over the offense

SCO's McBride takes over the offenseOh noooo.... not the wet noodle again!Ouch... getting hit with a wet noodle sure does smart..When all is said and done, Darl will have a nice room at Club Fed.You can not stop FREEdom.Amazing difference in presentationHow very different to the slant published by The...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, newSCO, SCO Group Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-08-05

No ruling yet on Novell-SCO suit dismissal

No ruling yet on Novell-SCO suit dismissalWhat!!! No MS/SCO shills?Can't believe this. No MS/SCO shills here with their usual 'copyright theft' of 'millions of lines of code' copied into Linux? Apparently dollar bill saw this holy crusade as simply more FUD nobody bought and wants to distance MS, in light...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., SCO Group Inc., newSCO, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-05-12

Additional Resources

SCO: finally, an opportunity to judge for yourself

SCO: finally, an opportunity to judge for yourselfLook PaulIt's become clear from your recent postings that you would love to see Linux go away so that your beloved Solaris can magically proliferate. (clue to paul: it ain't gonna happen)We can't really see the code in question as presented to the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc., IBM Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2005-11-03

Do you really want to hear the latest in the SCO-IBM case?

Do you really want to hear the latest in the SCO-IBM case?Merry Christmas SCOYOU'RE DEAD!this would be a very nice xmas giftsco head as a cookie jar ....its could be also nice that they put a final end to this joke .....so finally they could let sco finaly die and...

Tags: SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-11-01

Hackers deface SCO site

Hackers deface SCO siteHeh,They should have left the graphic up. At least it was more honest.I paticularly liked:[snip]Recently we found parts of our code in almost all MicrosoftR software. We want to bring action against MicrosoftR and our legal department is working on that. Parsts of code in all MicrosoffR...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-11-29

Thanksgiving Day hearing for Microsoft

Thanksgiving Day hearing for MicrosoftStick a fork in it, this case is done.Ok, wait and see for yourselves and then come on back.This is GREAT !The EU can up the fine to 600 BILLION Euros instead of 600 million, now that Ballmer has threatened to falsely sue any Euro government...

Tags: Asset management, Microsoft Corp., Thanksgiving Day, Computer & Communications Industry Association, fork

Discussion threads 2004-11-23

Microsoft exec takes aim at open source

Microsoft exec takes aim at open sourceThey better..Brace themselves for failure.He's right about one thing at leastMS needs to concentrate their full attention to their own product and what it has to offer to customers. And if they don't offer enough to keep their customers happy, then address that problem...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source, Linux, marketing, Macrohard

Discussion threads 2004-09-15

SCO challenges IBM witnesses

SCO challenges IBM witnessesOh how the worm turns.Look, I am not here to try and say who is right or wrong, only a fool and a zealot would even try. But he fact is IBM can't say they had rights to "derivative works" one day and then claim they...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Groklaw, Now Let, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-09-13

Microsoft puts Slate on the block

Microsoft puts Slate on the blockOh no Bill not my favorite magazineSigh I guess I wiil have to settle for ZDNET only.Ohoh here comes the meds nurse. Gotta goThey should keep it- after their desktop monopoly dries upThey need something.. although typical MS it probably doesn't make any money.Give...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, MSFT, Microsoft Corp., SLATE

Discussion threads 2004-07-23

Mixed rulings advance two SCO cases

Mixed rulings advance two SCO casesIt's safe to say...... at least one of the parites in the suit will still be around in 2005.I've never heard of anything like this. Usually a plaintiff wants to accelerate the proceedings as much as possible and the defendant wants to drag it out...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-06-11

Microsoft shares Windows tools via open source

Microsoft shares Windows tools via open sourcePay CLOSE attention to the LICENSE.Not exactlly what you may expect...This just shows the ultimate superiority and wisdom of MicrosoftBy releasing their software under the CPL, Microsoft is showing once again that they rule the world - even the open source world. This could...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Java, Microsoft Corp., CPL, open source, tool

Discussion threads 2004-05-13

Customers await Sun-Microsoft integration

Customers await Sun-Microsoft integrationthe only problem ms had with sunis they wouldn't let them use Java they way they wanted to, but now we have C#, so no longer a issueThis is greatIt will be great to be able to access Windows servers by using LDAP instead of Active Directory...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Servers, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., server

Discussion threads 2004-05-11

BayStar seeks to retrieve investment in SCO

BayStar seeks to retrieve investment in SCOblub blub blubSinks the ship of foolsOf course not....[i]However, "SCO does not believe it has breached any of the referenced provisions," SCO said, and therefore, "SCO does not believe it is obligated to redeem BayStar's shares."[/i]Of course. Everyone knows that SCO is never...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, investment, SCO Group Inc., BayStar, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-04-16

Even with settlement, future cloudy for Sun

Even with settlement, future cloudy for Sun*The* UNIX companyWhile Linux has, and will continue to displace UNIX, if there's only one UNIX left standing in 10 years, it will be Solaris. IBM is clearly acquiescing AIX to Linux, and since HP's offerings are not core businesses for them, they will...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Investment, OPEN SOURCE, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., death spiral, stock

Discussion threads 2004-04-02

MandrakeSoft ordered to drop trademark

MandrakeSoft ordered to drop trademarkWow...So, an OS and a comic strip are easily confused? Those French really aren't too bright, then, are they?This is getting really old and retardedCome on already! If I owned a company and someone sued me over sorry crap like this I would be doing...

Tags: Linux, Branding, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Strategy, Mandrake, penguin, Xerox Corp., POLO, Mandriva

Discussion threads 2004-02-20