Aust firm tells SCO to detail evidence, Jan 21, 2004

"If SCO ANZ can't specifically identify any significant portions of The SCO Group's intellectual property in a timely manner in any of the Linux distributions which CyberKnights deploys, we must assume that SCO ANZ is making fraudulent claims and must, in defence of CyberKnights' good name, vigorously pursue public acknowledgement of fault and material redress from SCO ANZ," Brooks said.

Webmaster's note: Just wanted to keep our readers up-to-date about the Mike Rowe case. This is the young man that Microsoft claims can't use his own name for his domain.

Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said earlier the company recognized the spirit in which the young entrepreneur had registered the domain name and was reconsidering its earlier legal moves.

Novell plans to announce Wednesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo that SuSE Linux, the version of the open-source operating system it acquired earlier this month, has passed a new level of security certification.

In August 2003, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) was certified to meet Evaluation Assurance Level 2 (EAL2) of an internationally adopted set of government security requirements called the Common Criteria. Novell Chief Executive Jack Messman is expected to announce Wednesday that the operating system has passed the more stringent EAL3 tests, a source familiar with the plan said.

They've spent years making promises. But at this year's LinuxWorld Expo, which opens today at the Javits Center, Microsoft's foes are starting to deliver, analysts say.

Linux, an "open source" software standard backed by companies such as IBM and Novell, is starting to chip away at Microsoft's grip on computer networks, said Nick Petreley, an analyst with Evans Data Corporation.

"Microsoft really perceives Linux as a threat," he said. "You can see it in the moves they're making."

A new Desktop Linux Working Group is being created by the nonprofit Open Source Development Labs to explore and develop the use of Linux on the desktop for business users.

In an announcement today, the Beaverton, Ore.-based group said the project will begin by identifying a broad set of Linux desktop uses and templates, which will then be used to create specifications and reference implementations.

DeveloperWorks Linux is now offering developers a new software evaluation kit on DVD which allows users to build applications and Web services and deploy them on IBM middleware for Linux. The free two-disk kit, which requires a DeveloperWorks registration, contains trials of Big Blue's newest products, tools, and information resources.

'SCO takes this action today given Novell's recent and repeated announcements regarding their claimed ownership of the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights. SCO has received many questions about Novell's actions from potential customers, investors and the press. Although SCO owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights, Novell's efforts to claim ownership of these copyrights has forced this action,' said Mark Heise, partner, Boies, Schiller and Flexner, LLP. "We encourage the public and commercial Linux users to read the Asset Purchase Agreement from 1995 (including Attachment E found at www.sco.com/novell) and Amendment 2 so they can see for themselves that SCO owns the copyrights to UNIX and UnixWare."

2.6.2-rc1 has been released today.
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