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The SCO Problem

Gartner analyst scrutinizes SCO-Linux flap (SearchEnterpriseLinux)

SearchEnterpriseLinux.com is running an interview with Gartner analyst George Weiss. On the BayStar investment: "I can't say much more about it, other than that I think they're playing a strategic game of banking on intellectual property as an important revenue generator to drive up their stock price and then, if and when that should happen, to get out of the market, essentially, or sell themselves out to the highest bidder. My feeling was that the other part of the business was pretty much getting destroyed in the process. So it looks like an end game to me."

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FSF General Counsel Eben Moglen on Cisco and SCO (NewsForge)

Joe Barr talks with Eben Moglen, General Counsel for the Free Software Foundation. "It is well known that the Free Software Foundation does not hold copyright in the Linux system kernel program. Linux is not part of the gnu project, which is why Mr. Stallman insists so much on the verbal distinction between GNU and Linux. Since we do not hold copyright in the Linux kernel, we do not enforce the GPL with respect to the Linux operating system kernel. Where, however, we believe the kernel is being distributed in a non-compliant fashion, that's an impediment to the full resolution of disputes about compliance where other free software foundation programs are involved, because we want the license respected as to all free software."

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Companies

View from the Trenches: Goodbye SuSE? (Linux Journal)

The Linux Journal ponders the implications of Novell's acquisition of SUSE. "First, I think we're going to see a lot more support for Linux on the desktop, in terms of gee-whiz programs and interoperability and in terms of toll-free numbers we can call when things break. Second, Novell is going to need people to write all that code and man all those support desks (or to re-train the folks that already do). This will be a fine shot in the wallet for us penguinheads."

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Is Novell-SuSE deal a brilliant Big Blue power play? (ZDNet)

Here's a ZDNet column describing IBM's involvement in the acquisition of SUSE as a move against SCO. "One of the companies (IBM) is the subject of a giant lawsuit from the company that claims to own the intellectual property rights to the technology in Linux. The other is a company that, dating back to its UnixWare days, is rumored to still have just enough Unix intellectual property rights to be immune to the wrath of SCO. The customers of these two companies want some assurances, and the CTO of Novell wants to provide them in the way of solid stack interoperation and issue-free intellectual property rights."

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Interviews

Doctor prescribes Linux for more reliable networks, lower cost (DesktopLinux)

DesktopLinux.com interviews Dr. Martin Echt, a Cardiologist who moved his 200-user network to Linux-based thin clients. "After commissioning a feasibility study, Dr. Echt concluded Linux thin clients were his company's long term strategy to counter rising licensing costs and would scale to meet future technologies. With system integrator Lille Corp. onboard to facilitate the move from Microsoft to Linux, CCA has realized cost savings. Hear the practical reasons why Dr.Echt picked Linux."

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Reviews

Open source network administration with MRTG (NewsForge)

This NewsForge article looks at MRTG, the Multi Router Traffic Grapher. " MRTG relies on SNMP version one, and optionally SNMP version two, to obtain data from routers or other network hardware. MRTG sends SNMP requests every five minutes and stores the responses in a specialized data format. This format allows MRTG to present the daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly graphs without the data files forever growing larger. It does this by summarizing the older data as necessary. The graphs themselves are created in Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format and can be included in Web pages or used in other applications."

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Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems (eWeek)

eWeek examines the BSD variants. "BSD software, in any variety, is stable, extremely flexible, arguably better tested, more secure. At the same time, those things also mean that it tends to be less bleeding edge, slower to come out with new features, and more difficult to initially install."

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TimeSys expands tools strategy (LinuxDevices.com)

LinuxDevices.com takes a look at new tools from TimeSys. "TimeSys claims its TimeStorm Linux Tool Suite is now the first to support the entire embedded Linux development cycle -- including kernel and driver development, BSP development, target configuration, board bringup, application development, and system debug, test, and validation -- regardless of the kind of Linux used."

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