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Yahoo! News - Novell to Buy SuSE Linux for $210M: Wouldn't it be rich if Linux came back to take the desktop, thus letting Novell beat Microsoft in the end? There's such poetry there that fate just has to make it happen. "Novell Inc., a software pioneer that was badly ...

Novell-SCO case finally heading to trial: The details of this case are so juicy and delicious that I m almost drooling with anticipation. I m so loving this. US Bankruptcy Court Judge Kevin Gross has granted Novell s motion to lift SCO s bankruptcy stay so that Novell can continue with its lawsuit, through ...

Novell has announced in a press release that they will release the Exchange Connector for Ximian Evolution, previously a $75/seat plugin, as open source. Novell today announced its Connector for Microsoft* Exchange Server will be integrated into EvolutionTM 2.0 and made available as open source, beginning today with the current ...

Novell Registers Unix Copyrights: Apparently Novell has registered several copyrights recently to Unix code that SCO claims was transferred to it back in 1995. They did this quietly, with no fanfare. SCO's reaction is just priceless. "We see this as a fraudulent attempt by Novell to get something they don't ...

Judge Says Unix Copyrights Rightfully Belong to Novell: Has the last chapter in SCO s IP land grab been written? Is this finally the end of one of the most pathetic attempts at IP abuse in recent memory? In a decision that may finally settle one of the most bitter legal ...

The grumpy grandfather at the heart of the SCO-Linux mess: An interesting look at Ray Noorda, Novell, and how they play into the big debate. "It's a company that founder Ray Noorda wanted to take on Microsoft, while promoting open-source networks. So it's fitting that Novell, which kept for years ...

Top 11 Scariest Geek Movies: Oh, the humor. Also, see Parts II and III. "11. The Creature from the Back Server Room 10. man cut | more 9. Cooling Fan Death Merchant 8. Friday the 31st: December 1999 7. It Came from Novell 6. Netscape From New York 5. Invasion ...

If you've read this blog, you may have picked up on the fact that I'm a bit of an open-source advocate. I far prefer to use open-source solutions wherever possible. By and large, open-source doesn't get enough credit. I've run Linux and KDE as my primary work environment on my ...

The whole SCO-IBM-Linux-Novell-MS mess explained: These are getting so commonplace, that I'm tempted to write a summary of the summaries. Still, some good information here. "Wall Street certainly hasn't written off SCO, which was trading above $10 per share on Thursday. That's up from $2.21 in March, the day before ...

Hey dude, you're getting Linux on that Dell: Could it actually happen? They certainly sound serious. After collecting some 1,800 new product and service ideas from IT users and customers using an online "suggestion box," Dell Inc. has announced that it's taking the user suggestions seriously and will soon debut ...

Home / Mono: Joe pointed this out in a comment to an earlier entry, but just in case you don't monitor comments, I wanted to make sure everyone sees this. It's .Net for Linux. The Mono project is an open source effort sponsored by Novell to create a free implementation ...

Why is it Catfight Thursday you ask? Well, for one, Apple's taking swipes at Microsoft's new MSN Music Service: "It's biggest problem may be that its downloaded songs can not play on the iPod," said Eddie Cue, Apple's vice president of applications. Gates fires back regarding Microsoft's focus on portable ...