Licenses? We don't need no stinking licenses, part 1, May 30, 2002

Rather than living in fear, you could stop using licensed software, said Evan Leibovitch, Chairman of the Board of Brampton, Ontario-based Linux Professional Institute. In other words, stop using Windows and go open source, he said. If you do, the BSA can't touch you.

We will continue to work to promote this position and are pleased to join our colleagues in the open source/free software community, as well as those proprietary vendors which have publicly stated their opposition to software patents, in that effort.

At the same time, we are forced to live in the world as it is, and that world currently permits software patents. A relatively small number of very large companies have amassed large numbers of software patents. We believe such massive software patent portfolios are ripe for misuse because of the questionable nature of many software patents generally and because of the high cost of patent litigation.

Executives from Oracle, Dell and Red Hat are scheduled next week to launch what the companies dubbed "Unbreakable Linux" in an invitation they sent out to the press. Company representatives did not return calls for comment on the announcement, which is expected to take place Wednesday, June 5, at Oracle's Redwood Shores, California, headquarters.

Linux, the open-source operating system with an outsider mystique, is now proliferating on powerful government computer systems in the United States and abroad with technology giants increasingly providing support.

At a Tokyo trade show today, IBM Corp. is planning to announce the sale of more than 75 Linux-based computer systems to U.S. agencies, including the Air Force, the Defense, Agriculture and Energy departments and the Federal Aviation Administration.

The 'Ready for Real Business' Linux roadshow, hosted by IBM and featuring speakers and demonstrations of Linux technology from around the Middle East, will open in Bahrain on Sunday.

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