[Linux-aus] Red Hat sues SCO, Novell buys Ximian, Linux's usability == XP's
Leon Brooks
leon at cyberknights.com.au
Tue Aug 5 08:47:01 UTC 2003
Yes, folks, it's all happening here today... (-:
http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=253
Red Hat, the North Carolina-based leading GNU/Linux
distribution developer, announced today that it has filed a
complaint against The SCO Group, Inc. The complaint alleges
that SCO has made "unfair, unsubstantiated and untrue
public statements."
According to Red Hat, the purpose of the legal action is to
establish that Red Hat's software does not infringe on
SCO's intellectual property. [...]
The action also marked the unveiling of what Red Hat has
dubbed the "Open Source Now Fund," a legal fund to protect
the developers (corporate or non-profit) of GPL-licensed
Free Software in future infringement cases. [...]
The announcement marked the second major event in an
interesting day for the GNU/Linux community. Earlier in the
day, SCO rival Novell Corp., announced its plans to extend
its GNU/Linux offerings by purchasing Ximian Inc.
...also...
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/08/04/HNusabilitystudy_1.html
Linux, once viewed as an OS only computer geeks could
appreciate, is today a much more user-friendly software
that companies, public administrations, and consumers can
master almost as easily as Microsoft's Windows XP. That's
the core finding of a study published on Friday by
Relevantive, a Berlin-based company specializing in
consulting companies on the usability of software and Web
services.
Cheers; Leon
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