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Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Red Hat boosts systems management tool. Red Hat Inc., a maker of Linux operating systems, has strengthened its Web-based systems management tool Red Hat Network with a new provisioning module that it plans to roll out at the LinuxWorld Expo in New York on Wednesday. [InfoWorld: Top News]
8:11:07 PM

SCO sues Novell over copyright claims. update The Linux adversary escalates its dispute with Novell over ownership of the Unix operating system. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
7:37:46 PM

SCO Group at it again, this time targets Novell. Once again, the Lindon, Utah-based SCO Group, Inc., caretaker of the UNIX operating system, is spoiling for a legal fight. Last year it was IBM. This time the target of a lawsuit is Utah neighbor Novell, for its "alleged bad-faith effort to interfere with SCO's rights with respect to UNIX and UnixWare." (Read the full press release here.) [NewsForge]
7:36:45 PM

Microsoft: We took MikeRoweSoft too seriously. The software giant has admitted that it took things "too seriously" when its lawyers threatened a 17-year-old student named Mike Rowe over his domain name. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
2:51:02 PM

Macromedia lends helping hand. The software maker releases the first product from its acquisition of eHelp, a specialist in tools for creating online tutorials and help resources. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
11:15:39 AM

Red Hat offers software warranty. In response to SCO Group's legal action against Linux, Red Hat is offering new legal protection that guarantees the company will replace any code found to infringe copyrights. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
11:14:23 AM