HP to indemnify Linux customers: A great strategy here by HP.
“Hewlett-Packard plans to announce Wednesday that it will indemnify its Linux customers against potential legal actions by SCO Group.An HP representative confirmed late Tuesday that the company will announce plans to assume liability for its customers’ use of Linux. Lindon, Utah-based SCO has asserted that its code was unlawfully inserted into the open-source operating system.”
Motor giant Ford to move to Linux: Another nice kick in the face to SCO. "Motor giant Ford is switching to Linux for its sales systems, human resources, customer relations and infrastructure, according to a report in yesterday's Scotland on Sunday." So much for that whole intimindation plan, eh? I love…
VeriSign Migrating 2,000 Unix Servers to Red Hat Linux: In the midst of the SCO battle, IBM releases new ads, and now Verisign goes and does this: "In the latest big win for Linux and open source, infrastructure service provider VeriSign has decided to migrate 2,000 of its high-performance Unix servers…
On Sunday, responded to a comment about SCO, and it got me thinking. I finally dug down to the real thing about SCO that pisses me off. This may be obvious to a lot of people, but it had been lurking in the back of mind for a…
IBM makes play for Linux lead in new ad campaign: In the midst of the SCO brouhaha, IBM apparently feels comfortable enough to unleash a new round of Linux ads. "He's nine years old, bright-eyed and hungry to learn. ... Meet Linux, a human embodiment of the computer operating system,…
SCO Linux lawsuit > Linux Users Standing Fast Despite SCO Legal Threats, InternetWeek Readers Say > July 8, 2003">Linux Users Standing Fast Despite SCO Legal Threats: SCO's threats are met with a collective yawn. "SCO's Linux lawsuit and threats seem to be having little affect on IT managers except to…