Posted on 08/12/2007 8:55:08 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The 102-page ruling by Judge Dale Kimball refuted many of SCO's claims against Novell, and seemed to remove the basis for its lawsuit against IBM. SCO had previously charged that the Linux operating system was an unauthorised derivative of Unix, which it claimed to have purchased from Novell in 1995.
"The court's ruling has cut out the core of SCO's case and, as a result, eliminates SCO's threat to the Linux community based upon allegations of copyright infringement of Unix," Joe LaSala, Novell's senior vice president and general counsel, told the New York Times.
The Unix operating system was developed by AT&T researchers at Bell Labs from 1969. While it has been a long-time favourite in server and mainframe systems, it never gained a great foothold in the personal computer business until the Linux variant was developed in the early 1990s, and Apple started to base their Mac OS on a version of Unix.
Figures from the open-source industry also see the ruling as a boost to their business.
"This is a meaningful message in terms of people adopting open-source software," James Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, told the New York Times. "This says that Linux is a safe solution and people can choose it with that in mind."
Interesting...how the dots were connected by the journalists....
SCO (a Microsoft attack dog) just got pwn3d.
Game, set, match - Novell (and the rest of the world) wins.
I thought that MS bought Novell?
Oh boy let me guess..”Yes they bought Novell, but at the time that Linux was developed Novell made it freely available..”
Patent law=Village of the Damned
Um, MS has never bought Novell.
They did a cross-licensing deal this year, but MS hasn’t bought Novell. Where did you get that idea?
Yep.
Court Rules: Novell owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights!
Groklaw ^ | 07/10/07 | Pamela Jones
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879555/posts
My mistake Spktyr, I remembered the MS/Novell deal, and with MS’s nature I just assumed that they had acquired Novell.
My mistake Spktyr, I remembered the MS/Novell deal, and with MS’s nature I just assumed that they had acquired Novell.
“I thought that MS bought Novell?”
It’s amazing how much FUD that MS has spread over the years concerning Novell.
No, and Novell has $1.5 billion in CASH IN THE BANK too. They aren’t going broke, and in a few hours, their stock will no doubt shoot up in value.
And from Amazon:
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Now what is the best?....one that matches your level and the Distro you are going to work with....Fedora would be closely related to Red Hat so that would seem to be a natural choice.....
Sams has Fedora Unleased for Level 7 coming soon:
David Boise loses again...
I think the Sam Unleashed series are pretty good and they will include a CD or DVD....
WTFPWNED!
Not so much with the FUD, I am switching to Knoppix after years of decent service from Win98.
With the help of Google turned this up:
Professional Linux Programming
I was never an every day programmer,...but did do some heavy benchmarking with MVS and VM 360/370 systems....
I think the Knoppix developers are redoing things under a new banner known as Sidux....
BTW this SCO slapdown is great news for business and consumers. I'm quite pleased.
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