SCO suffers another loss, Mar 06, 2007

SCO, the Unix vendor embroiled in a long-running legal battle over Linux, has recorded another financial loss.

Red Hat moved quickly on Friday to pour cold water on Microsoft's partnership with Novell.

Ambitious plans by the Norwegian city of Bergen to move to an open-source desktop environment have been suspended.

Jack Messman has been sacked as Novell chief executive, as the company looks to speed up its Linux strategy

The Cabinet Office and IBM are working together on a secure open source environment for public and private sector organisations.

Free software supporters are angry that Microsoft is putting pressure on PC vendors not to sell machines without an operating system installed

The enterprise Linux vendor has reported impressive financial results which, it says, suggest it is attracting a growing number of Unix users

Concern has grown over the past year that Linux could be under legal threat from claims it infringes certain software patents.

The Patent Commons has launched, but one activist has hit out at the idea that pledging a few hundred patents will prevent IP warfare

Vulnerabilities in the open source instant-messaging client would allow attackers to crash the application or run malicious code on a user's PC - Gaim 1.5.0 fixes them

The DTI is supporting a project to create a secure centrally managed desktop system based on Linux

The mayor of Munich has hailed Poland's courageous stand on software patents, as his city government moves from Windows to open source

Coders who give up their spare time to contribute to open source projects are the virtual equivalent of lifeboat men, according to latest research from Demos

Analysts believe Steve Ballmer's claim that governments who use Linux face the threat of patent lawsuits could rebound on Microsoft, while open-source vendors accuse it of spreading more fear, uncertainty and doubt

Proprietary software vendors are driving IT managers towards the open-source community through their high prices and restrictive licences, according to attendees at this week's Cal-IT conference.

The head of ICT at Newham has denied using a Linux trial purely to force a better contract from Microsoft, but says 'you'd be insane' to think that competition didn't help him get a better deal

Officials at the London Borough of Newham denied on Monday that they had faked an interest in deploying Linux to force Microsoft to dramatically cut its licensing costs.

Microsoft is about to reveal more information about one of the most controversial clashes in the battle between Windows and Linux.

The software giant has scheduled a press conference for Monday, 16 August, at which it will talk in detail about the London borough of Newham's decision to deploy a Windows-based desktop and server infrastructure.

The threat of higher indemnity fees in the future may be the only way to shift more SCOSource licences today, because further lawsuits have been put on ice

SCO has hinted that it may soon raise the cost of its intellectual property (IP) licences, which it says companies running Linux need to buy in order to avoid being sued.

Australia's largest telco is reported to have achieved big savings from Microsoft, after looking into open-source alternatives

Australian telecoms operator Telstra has signed a deal with Microsoft that appears to add further credibility to the theory that the best way to negotiate with the software giant is to explore moving to Linux.