Struggling SCO Hopes for Win in Court, Jan 04, 2005

SCO's greatest hope is a victory against IBM in a trial to start late this year. A negotiated settlement with IBM is an option, but it is remote because the Armonk, N.Y., company has said repeatedly it has no intention of settling.

To the list of reasons you may want to use Linux instead of Windows as your computer’s operating system, add one more: Control over users means control over evil software.

Taiwanese motherboard maker FIC will unveil a Linux-based portable media player (PMP) at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

While it's true that you can spend almost every waking hour tweaking a Linux server, network or desktop, most Linux users don't need to do this any more than most car owners need to adjust their tire pressure to meet the demands of every road surface they encounter in the course of a day's driving.

The Linux server platform is becoming more varied -- and more capable, according to a recent report by IDC. The report noted that Linux is already well entrenched as a Web-centric server platform, in IT infrastructure roles and in the high-performance computing arena.

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