Comeback kids see a brighter future for The SCO Group, Aug 18, 2008

Buoyed by a court ruling and prospects for new mobile phone products, The SCO Group says it is on track for a Phoenix-like rebirth.

The free Linux operating system handles big tasks like running supercomputers and ATMs. Now Linux has a chance to finally crack Microsoft Corp.'s hold on computing's most visible domain - mainstream PCs - because of the rise of innovative, inexpensive machines.

Darl McBride said Monday he regrets that he is being pushed out as CEO of The SCO Group software company but not his decision to sue IBM and Novell, lawsuits that led to the company's bankruptcy and ultimately his departure.

The promise of a $100 million infusion from a New York investment firm looks to guarantee The SCO Group has the resources to continue its high-profile legal battles against Novell, IBM and others that have rattled the open-source software community.

A Silicon Valley company has bought the assets of Utah supercomputer maker Linux Networx Inc. for an undisclosed amount of stock.

Losing in court, vilified on blogs and in bankruptcy proceedings, SCO Group CEO Darl McBride still says pronouncements of the death of the Utah software company are premature, if not greatly exaggerated.

The fate of the SCO Group's Linux-related lawsuits, as well as the Lindon software company's very future, could ride on how a federal judge interprets the word "all."

Novell on Monday reiterated support for unfettered Linux development - even as analysts hailed its controversial co-development pact with Microsoft, the freely distributed operating system's archrival.

After nearly seven years of false starts, revisions and delays, Windows Vista makes its much-anticipated public retail debut Jan. 30.

Novell Inc. says an ongoing review of how the company grants stock options has forced it to indefinitely delay releasing final earnings results for fiscal 2006.

The SCO Group's struggle to keep its Linux-related lawsuits against IBM and Novell viable on Monday faced increasingly dismal prospects.

A federal judge on Thursday gutted SCO Group's $5 billion, Linux-related lawsuit against IBM - renewing debate about the Utah company's future.

Novell Inc. on Tuesday reported increased profits for its third quarter, with earnings from its key Linux products jumping 30 percent since this time last year.

After a sustained slide fed by sustained poor earnings results and courthouse reversals, SCO shares closed Tuesday at $2.28 per share.

Utah's SCO Group is appealing a federal magistrate's gutting of its $5 billion lawsuit against IBM, hoping to salvage the tens of millions of dollars it has spent litigating the case over the past three years.

Linux Networx may be based in Bluffdale, but the supercomputer maker has its eyes on the stars.

Utah's SCO Group - eager to show it has more going on than its big-ticket, Linux-related lawsuits - on Monday unveiled a family of applications and services targeting the burgeoning mobile communications markets.

After nearly a decade of slowly building a top-notch reputation for technological innovation, Utah's Linux Networx is laying claim to the supercomputing big time.

Utah's SCO Group finished its fiscal year deep in the red, but with high expectations for its revamped Unix products and new applications in the coming year.

A week after cutting jobs and operations to better focus on its SuSE Linux line, Novell has lost one of the founders of its flagship operating system product.