Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- SCO tries to reinvigorate product line
- SCO tries to reinvigorate product lineThe ship is sinking, not much to reinvigorate . . . .About the only thing they can hope for is a big one-time pay out from IBM and others, but that is not looking so good these days. I won't shed a tear.Spot reading..."accompanied by...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UnixWare 7.1.3, SCO Group Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-06-15
Additional Resources
- OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up
- What would Ubuntu be like if it were an OS for grown-ups? This week at its CommunityOne event in San Francisco, Sun will release its May 2008 build of OpenSolaris (2008.05) the Open Source operating system based on the source code of the...
- Tags: Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris 10, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., BSD, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor?
- Novell just announced an agreement to acquire PlateSpin, one of the players in the management of virtualized resources segment of the virtualization software market for $205 Million see Sorting out the different layers of virtualization for more information on this market segment. One would have to wonder why Novell made...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Once more on SCO
- Once more on SCOJust admitThat you got it wrong Rudy. Trying to dress up SCO's real intentions with your verbal diarrhea does not change that.SCO made a stupid gamble and it's plain to see. Trying to make out that the way this case hase gone is the result of unfortunate...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp., Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- How worried should Microsoft be about open source?
- How worried should Microsoft be about open source?They shouldn't be worried at allMicrosoft should continue business as usual, not bothering to even think about anything but how to squeeze the most out of their customer base.Don't worry, Steve; be happy!Worried? I defer to Mike CoxntRE: How worried should Microsoft...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, Databases, Microsoft IT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, open source, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft IIS Server, Cuba
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- SCO Group admits it may fold
- SCO Group admits it may foldHere's an idea!Go sit in the corner and hold your breath until that happens.What?[i]Now where are all the people that said SCO would be vindicated in this and come out on top?[/i]lol.. who was the tool that predicted that?good, now it's M$ turn to fold!after...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc., MiG
- Discussion threads 2007-09-19
- SCO files for bankruptcy
- SCO Group, best known for suing IBM, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In a statement, SCO said it was filing to reorganize under Chapter 11. The Board of Directors of The SCO Group history lesson have unanimously determined that Chapter 11 reorganization is...
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., Bankruptcy, Unix, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- Delay in SCO justice gives Microsoft hope
- SCO lost. Novell owns the UnixWare copyrights SCO claimed.So does this mean any legal threat from Microsoft against Linux is over?I don't think so. Here's why. Microsoft's claims are based on patents, and copyright is not at issue. That's what tripped up SCO. The SCO case cost millions of dollars to litigate....
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Corp., Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
- Another nail in SCO's Linux lawsuit coffin
- Another nail in SCO's Linux lawsuit coffinToo badAll those wasted resources that could have gone toward development and sales. Instead they weighed themselves with negative PR and an increasing isolation from would be customers.Dan, a small correction for you...[i]I interviewed [b]former[/b] SCO CEO Darl McBride..[/i]He's still the CEO, at...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, SCO Linux, SCO Group Inc., nail
- Discussion threads 2007-08-11
- Another nail in SCO's Linux lawsuit coffin
- In a 102-page ruling, Judge Dale A. Kimball eviscerated SCO's claims that it owns the copyright to Unix (see Groklaw's coverage, NYT, WSJ). For the last several years, SCO has been engaged in lawsuits against IBM and others, claiming that parts of Linux violate its alleged copyrights to Unix. In...
- Tags: Linux, SCO Group Inc., SCO Linux, Unix, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-08-11
- DRM: The hearse is right on schedule
- DRM: The hearse is right on scheduleRe: Where's Apple?Right where they wanted to be to begin with.Selling iPods.RIP DRM ...DRM doesn't sell ... so much for the tail wagging the dog strategy. No amount of effort on the part of the content industry and no amount of effort on...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, recording industry, digital-rights management, Apple Inc., industry
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- SCO bankruptcy called imminent
- SCO bankruptcy called imminentSo who is represented by Dracula?Is it Microsoft? Or is Abbott & Costello representing Microsoft and Novell, and Linux is Dracula, chasing the bumbling incompetents?Man, you Linux guys are cloudy with your analogies. ;)As far as SCO - good riddance. SCO and its vile leader can...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, irony, bankruptcy, morale, SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-09
- The fair-weather "friends of Linux"
- I just finished reading John Carrolls article Why Microsoft won’t assault Linux and while I agree with his conclusion, I dont agree with his reasoning. John opens up suggesting that a "full legal assault" on Linux would be self-defeating. I dont think so but I do think that...
- Tags: General, Open Source, Legal, Linux
- Blog posts 2006-11-10
- Novell-Microsoft: How many times can you sell your soul?
- Novell-Microsoft: How many times can you sell your soul?It's not like Novell lost $300.5 million ...... on the sale of its USL assets including UnixWare to SCO for $59.5 million. Why Novell started selling off perpetual UNIX licenses is not entirely clear but after paying $360 million to AT&T,...
- Tags: .NET, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Development tools, UNIX, Operating systems, Miguel, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mono, SCO Group Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-03
- Strategic partnerhip or unholy alliance?
- One thing is for sure, neither of these vendors is going to be duped by the other. Whether they will admit it to each other of not, each knows this alliance is based upon their own self-interest. If the customer benefits as well, then so be it. Lest anyone forget, Novell...
- Tags: Novell Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-11-03
- Microsoft and Novell, strategic partnerhip or unholy alliance?
- Microsoft and Novell, strategic partnerhip or unholy alliance?stop making stuff up"SCO also claims ownership to SVR4 and UnixWare, which they believe they acquired from Novell in 1995""That said, if Novell loses its suit with SCO which seems unlikely"Have you read the contract papers. If you havent stop making stuff up....
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., SCO UnixWare, alliance, SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc., SVR4
- Discussion threads 2006-11-03
- Noorda, network computing pioneer, dies at 82
- Noorda, network computing pioneer, dies at 82Thanks for everything RayNTExcellent, now go haunt Bill GatesSome one needs to and Ellison and Jobs are too young.You won't be forgotten!As one of the premier PC companies in the ninties, Novell was instrumental in shaping and propelling the personal computer industry to the...
- Tags: Thin clients, NETWORKING, Directory services, Operating systems, Ray Noorda, network, network computing
- Discussion threads 2006-10-10
- Setting the record straight on the WMF vulnerability
- Setting the record straight on the WMF vulnerabilityUS-CERT on vulnerabilities by OSand Windows is not number one.http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=736I think PJ examined this list on Groklaw.http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20051231142317870SANS has an unofficial patchThe SANS Internet Storm Center (isc.sans.org) has an unofficial patch for this vulnerability. Scroll down the page to the "WMF FAQ"...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Metafile, Unix, WMF vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2005-12-30
- Oracle to offer free database
- Oracle to offer free databaseSad..... that it takes this kind of event to realize that they've been screwing us for years on price.PointlessIt will never compete with MySQL or PostGres, because of the limitations.PointlessIt will never compete with MySQL or PostGres, because of the limitations.And crack dealers to give out...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, database, Oracle Corp., MySQL
- Discussion threads 2005-10-29
- DNS servers--an Internet Achilles heel
- DNS servers--an Internet Achilles heelDNS servers--an Internet Achilles heelWe only have linux to blame for this. Since zdnet talkbackers always tell me that the internet is run on linux, it only makes sense that linux is the culprit. From this day forward I suggest a worldwide ban on...
- Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Lazyness, Internet, DNS, BIND, DNS server, server
- Discussion threads 2005-08-03
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts
