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Associated PressIBM Claims Nanotech BreakthroughMonday December 8, 12:07 am ETBy Brian Bergstein, AP Technology Writer IBM Researchers Claim They Have a Nanotech Breakthrough That Works With Existing Chip Design NEW YORK (AP) -- Researchers at IBM Corp. claim they have made an important breakthrough in the race to design circuitry at the molecular level: a system that works with existing methods of electronics manufacturing. ADVERTISEMENT In a paper being released Monday at an industry conference in Washington, D.C., IBM researchers Chuck Black and Kathyrn Guarini say they used a naturally occurring pattern of molecules as a stencil to etch flash...

Kevin Mack has captured Torvalds ten most potent comments, and ranked them in order of merit. December 7, 2003 Summary Our "Linux Quote of the Week" - chosen yesterday - may be vintage Torvalds, but isn't the best thing Linus has ever said about SCO. So says Kevin Mack, whose has his own Top Ten. LinuxWorld brings it to you here. Mack's Top 10 Linus SCO quotes (in reverse order): 10. Not About IP "None of the SCO accusations have anything to do with IP rights; they're all about contracts between IBM and SCO. All the IP rights blathering by...

IBM bets on outsourcingCompanies are going to continue outsourcing, or handing their non-core business activities to other companies such as IBM to manage, says Doug Elix, IBM’s head of services. Reuters Friday, December 05, 2003 NEW YORK: International Business Machines Corp. will continue to build its services business abroad, an official said on Thursday, saying it makes IBM more competitive, saves its customers money and frees up funds for other purposes. "You can expect continued growth in this marketplace," Doug Elix, the head of IBM's services division, told analysts. Companies are going to continue outsourcing, or handing their non-core business...

Lindon-based SCO Group Inc. took a hit Friday in its federal lawsuit against International Business Machines Corp.       SCO and IBM are locked in suits and countersuits about whether IBM violated its license with SCO by placing parts of SCO's Unix computer operating system source code into Linux, a freely distributed operating system that is developed and enhanced by contributors worldwide.       U.S. Magistrate Brooke Wells on Friday ruled for IBM in its motion to force SCO to provide answers to IBM's questions. SCO will have 30 days, likely starting next week, "to identify with specificity...

First Report from Grokker Inside Hearing: IBM Wins Both Motions to Compel Friday, December 05 2003 @ 02:30 PM EST Our first report from a Groklaw volunteer, sam, who attended the court hearing is that IBM won both of its motions to compel and SCO's motion was set for a later date. Here is what sam is telling us, and it's subject to further information and confirmation as more news arrives. We have several attending and I'll do a followup, but this is the first word. Here is what sam is telling us: "Just returned from the hearing. "Needless to...

NEW YORK: International Business Machines Corp. will continue to build its services business abroad, an official said on Thursday, saying it makes IBM more competitive, saves its customers money and frees up funds for other purposes. "You can expect continued growth in this marketplace," Doug Elix, the head of IBM's services division, told analysts. Companies are going to continue outsourcing, or handing their non-core business activities to other companies such as IBM to manage, he said. IBM, based in Armonk, New York, has been among companies that have moved traditionally higher paid services jobs to low cost centers such as...

Linux Reality Doesn't Match Hype By Ronna Abramson Staff Reporter 12/04/2003 07:11 AM EST Almost every week, it seems, another government is jumping on the Linux bandwagon, badmouthing Microsoft (MSFT:Nasdaq - commentary - research) all the way. But for all the headlines, the open-source software movement remains very much a fringe business, raising troubling questions for investors who've plowed into publicly traded Linux providers in the past year. And plowed they have: As of Tuesday's close, Red Hat (RHAT:Nasdaq - commentary - research) shares were up 110% in the past 12 months, while shares of Novell (NOVL:Nasdaq - commentary -...

<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. said on Monday it would start selling specialized software for industries in January and focus its sales force more on business sector than brand to meet customer demand.</p> <p>IBM spokesman Joe Stunkard said the company believes customers want to buy software that is already tailored to their industry, making it cheaper and easier to use.</p>

There's a traditional definition of a shyster: a lawyer who, when the law is against him, pounds on the facts; when the facts are against him, pounds on the law; and when both the facts and the law are against him, pounds on the table. The SCO Group's continuing attempts to increase its market value at the expense of free software developers, distributors and users through outlandish legal theories and unsubstantiated factual claims show that the old saying hasn't lost its relevance. Just The Facts SCO continues to claim in public statements about its lawsuit against IBM that it can...

SCO's Legal Fees Could Jeopardize Its Software Business 19 November 2003 George J. Weiss The SCO Group will pay its lawyers $9 million to pursue lawsuits against Linux users. Linux users should keep a low profile and have a contingency plan. SCO customers should have a migration plan in case SCO's legal strategy falters. On 18 November 2003, SCO announced that it would pay $1 million and issue shares worth $7.95 million to Boies, Schiller & Flexner. This law firm represents SCO in its lawsuits against companies using Linux in alleged violation of SCO's intellectual property rights. First Take Mounting...

The end game in the SCO fiasco is at hand. IBM's dissection of SCO's discovery wish-list is covered in exquisite detail at Groklaw. As yesterday's conference call demonstrated, SCO's lawyers are being forced to make increasingly bizarre arguments to just stay in the game. The company's last substantive filing demanded that the court find the GPL invalid and unconstitutional, and all software released under the GPL in the last three years to be public domain. At this point, it appears the entire SCO case will devolve to the nuts and bolts of contract agreements between IBM and AT&T. If you...

Brian Skiba of Deutsche Bank has put out another SCO report, "Four Reasons Why This Story Remains Compelling NOW" and he is predicting that SCO will "finalize" financial arrangements with Boies shortly and then they will open up a new campaign front and start suing corporate end users, maybe as soon as the end of the month. Boies isn't getting paid enough already? Or were the earlier stories floated in the press just hype? Now they are finalizing arrangements? I thought they told us and the SEC they did that already. Who knows where the truth lies with these people,...

NEW YORK - The legal battle between SCO Group and IBM is taking another ugly lurch forward. On Nov. 11, the same day that Forbes reported that IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) had sent subpoenas to investors and analysts who supported SCO (nasdaq: SCOX - news - people )--and a day in which SCO shares suffered a 10% drop--SCO fired back, telling the court it would issue subpoenas to Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux free operating system kernel, and Richard Stallman, president of the Free Software Foundation. SCO won't say what it hopes to accomplish with...

IBM & Linux - A Combo That's Making HeadlinesNovember 12, 2003, http://www.linuxworld.com/story/37858.htm SummaryLinuxWorld Magazine international advisory board member Scott Handy, whose day job is being IBM's Linux strategy and marketing maven, featured prominently in this week's New York Times article about Linux.By LinuxWorld News Desk  Advertisement LinuxWorld readers know him as the international advisory board member featured in Kevin's Bedell's Premier Issue interview, but to his colleagues at IBM he is officially "vice president for Linux strategy and market development : Scott Handy.His name featured prominently earlier this week in The New York Times.In an article entitled "I.B.M. Helps Promote Linux" the Times's Steve...

SCO, IBM battle heats up By Declan McCullagh CNET News.com November 12, 2003, 12:04 PM PT Subpoenas are flying in the high-profile lawsuit between the SCO Group and IBM, as both companies try to buttress their legal claims by turning to third parties for information. SCO said Wednesday that it has filed subpoenas with the U.S. District Court in Utah, targeting six different individuals or organizations. Those include Novell; Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel; Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation; Stewart Cohen, chief executive of the Open Source Development Labs; and John Horsley, general counsel of Transmeta....

NEW YORK - The legal battle between SCO Group and IBM is widening, as IBM has sent subpoenas to investors and analysts who have supported SCO. On Oct. 30, IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) issued subpoenas to Baystar Capital, Deutsche Bank (nyse: DB - news - people ), Renaissance Ventures and Yankee Group, companies that have either invested in SCO (nasdaq: SCOX - news - people ) or published reports suggesting that SCO's claims against IBM could be legitimate. "I view this as an attempt to bully and intimidate analysts--to try to cow them into silence," says...

There are developments in the SCO v. IBM case. IBM is pressing forward aggressively with its Motion to Compel Discovery, despite SCO giving it Supplemental Answers to IBM's discovery requests, which IBM characterizes as inadequate. IBM filed in Utah, on November 3, a Reply Memorandum in Support of its Motion to Compel Disovery (available at http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/IBM-63.pdf )and an addendum to it. It isn't available yet on the free Pacer list, but it should be soon. Then on the 4th, IBM filed a certificate of service regarding its Responses and Objections to SCO's First Request for Admissions. That is not yet...

REDMOND, Wash. and EAST FISHKILL, N.Y., Nov 3, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) today announced that it has entered into a semiconductor technology agreement with IBM Corp. Under the agreement, Microsoft has licensed leading-edge semiconductor processor technology from IBM for use in future Xbox(R) products and services to be announced at a later date. "Microsoft is already developing the software and services that will drive the Digital Decade," said Robbie Bach, senior vice president of the Home & Entertainment Division at Microsoft. "By combining our vision, software experience and R&D resources with IBM's computer and semiconductor...

Microsoft and IBM Announce Technology Agreement IBM Technology to Power Future Xbox Products and Services REDMOND, Wash. and EAST FISHKILL, N.Y., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that it has entered into a semiconductor technology agreement with IBM Corp. Under the agreement, Microsoft has licensed leading-edge semiconductor processor technology from IBM for use in future Xbox(R) products and services to be announced at a later date. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO ) "Microsoft is already developing the software and services that will drive the Digital Decade," said Robbie Bach, senior vice president of the Home & Entertainment Division...

MONTPELIER — The Douglas administration has made a deal with Green Mountain Power Corp. that would raise rates for its customers while providing new discounts for IBM. The agreement between the state’s Public Service Department and GMP is part of the administration’s campaign to keep IBM — Vermont’s largest private employer and Chittenden County’s key economic engine — happy. Critics of the deal, though, say the discounts for IBM would come at a cost for the utility’s other 80,000 customers. Documents on file at the Public Service Board, which must rule on the proposals, outline a new “economic development agreement”...