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Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Did SCO 'Borrow' Linux Code?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 10, @07:43PM
from the selective-memory dept.
An Anonymous Reader writes "Apparently someone inside SCO has stated that SCO(actually Caldera) copied Linux code into System V. They did it to build what they now market as Linux Kernel Personality - the ability to run Linux software on their Unix. Now, the open source community(of course they don't mention who) is jumping on this, because they didn't return the changes to the OS community or give the community credit. Of course, SCO says it's a misunderstanding and, get this 'SCO also never used any of the Linux kernel code.'"

[Slashdot]

11:35:24 PM

10-4 on that Wi-Fi, good buddy?. In one of the largest projects of its kind, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based maker of trucking products is installing Wi-Fi hot spots in 200 truck stops in 35 states. [CNET News.com]
8:19:29 PM

Microsoft stalls software maker. The company sends a cease-and-desist letter to a shareware firm started by former Microsoft employees, claiming their home-networking application violates a non-compete agreement. [CNET News.com]
6:02:09 PM

ReplayTV puts ad skipping on pause. The company's new digital video recording boxes won't include some of the tools that have angered copyright holders. [CNET News.com]
3:56:35 PM

Linux uptimes comparable with Solaris on busy sites. Comparisions of mean time between reboots on Linux and Solaris are very topical, as the top are often thrown head to head in cost benefit analysis of server platforms. It is interesting to review the uptimes of some of the internet's busier servers hosted at Sun, Google and Akamai. Perhaps the most remarkable thing is how few reboots there are on the networks, given the amount of traffic they see, though in absolute numbers the average number of days between reboots is higher at Sun than either of the two Linux based companies. [Netcraft]
10:50:15 AM

Recent Changes at Notable Sites. www.digital.com was recently relegated to being a CName for www.hp.com, with the consequence that requests for www.digital.com now report the site as running HP-UX, a poignant moment for the company that brought the world RSX, VMS, and Ultrix. Similarly, Netscape, whose founding employees pioneered the web server, replaced Netscape-Enterprise with AOLServer a few months ago. www.army.mil has recently moved to MacOS X in its first switch since 1999, when it migrated to the Apple platform in the aftermath of a successful attack on its then Microsoft based web site. Ironcially, Apple has recently replaced MacOS X with Solaris for its own Knowledge Base site. The Washington Post has become of the first big name media sites to adopt Solaris 9. It is currently deployed in a load balancing pool where approximately a quarter of requests are met by Solaris 9 machines. To date, only a handful of Sun's own sites have been switched to Solaris 9. One site that has not changed is www.sco.com, where people continue to delight in the irony of SCO using the operating system whose deployment they are seeking to restrict. [Netcraft]
9:19:33 AM

IPO.com Web Site Closes. IPO.com, a Web site that tracked equity sales for six years, has closed, a statement on the Web site said without giving any reason for the closing. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Technology]

Well, it must all be over now...

6:53:24 AM

Linux Access in State and Local Government, Part I. A new series about the state of open source in government--where it's happening, what it's used for, who's for it and who's against it. [Linux Journal]

It is worth noting that Linux is gaining traction in government use. I would think that primary consdierations here are security, stability, and cost.

6:40:44 AM