Analysts puzzled over SCO, IBM subpoenas, Nov 15, 2003

"Linus (Torvalds) is the only one who seems worth subpoenaing," said Bill Claybrook, a research director with Aberdeen Group Inc. who has also examined SCO's source code. "The rest of them don't have any information that would lead a judge to determine whether code had been copied."

"The list that I read seemed nonsensical to me," said IDC analyst Dan Kusnetzky, speaking of SCO's list of subpoena targets. "The SCO Group has been playing this as a media event," he said.

Comdex also has a full three-day conference track devoted to Linux and open-source topics. The classes are a mix though of both open-source topics, such as "Open Source Database Shootout," and more general developer topics, such as "Soap vs. .NET: The Struggle Continues." In short, it's something of an odd mix. The usual subjects are handled, "Linux on the Desktop" and "Running your Business on Linux: Is it Safe?" But, the general theme of the more advanced subjects will be as appropriate for Java developers as it will be for open-source programmers.

When you look at the big picture, Red Hat's decision to drop support of Red Hat Linux is a good, long-term move for the company and for its enterprise users, even if some users are crying foul now, according to Red Hat Linux administration experts Ibrahim Haddad and Richard Petersen. In this e-mail interview, they discuss Red Hat's new support stance, the challenges and advantages of migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux from Red Hat Linux, tips for Unix-to-Linux and Windows-to-Linux migrations and the differences among Linux distributions.

Remember Turbolinux? Less than 5 years ago, it was a fixture in the forefront of the Linux landscape along with Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, Debian, and the now defunct Storm Linux. Later this week, Turbolinux will release their new desktop distribution, dubbed "10D." The following is a first look at Turbolinux's return to the fray.

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