[PLUG] A look at SCO's odd lawsuit (fwd)

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Tue Mar 11 14:59:02 UTC 2003


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SCO'S LAWSUIT IS FUNNY, BUT NOT 'HA-HA' FUNNY
     (Source: LinuxWorld.com) Showcasing a questionable
understanding of the history of Unix, open-source software and
computing in general, SCO's lawsuit against IBM has sent
shockwaves rippling across the IT community. Parts of SCO's
complaint would be laugh-out-loud funny if only the possible
repercussions for Linux and open source weren't so detrimental.
http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=741992

SCO SUES IBM OVER LINUX, SEEKS $1 BILLION
     (Source: LinuxWorld.com) Unix developer The SCO Group has
filed a lawsuit against IBM charging it with misappropriation of
trade secrets, unfair competition and other illegal actions
related to IBM's Linux business. The suit seeks at least US$1
billion in damages. [IDG News Service]
http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=741997

NEW DELODER WORM TARGETS WEAK PASSWORDS ON WINDOWS
     (Source: ITworld.com) A new worm on the Internet targets
computers running the Windows operating system that use
easy-to-guess passwords for the Administrator account, according
to alerts posted by a number of antivirus companies.
http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=741999





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