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| Τίτλος: |
Gunning for Linux. |
| Συγγραφείς: |
Parloff, Roger |
| Πηγή: |
Fortune International (Europe); 5/17/2004, Vol. 149 Issue 8, p58-65, 8p, 6 Color Photographs |
| Θεματικοί όροι: |
Actions & defenses (Law), Software shells, Systems software, Computer operating systems, Computer software industry, Linux device drivers (Computer programs), UNIX device drivers (Computer programs), Open source software, Intellectual property, American business enterprises |
| Εταιρία/Οντότητα: |
SCO Group Inc., International Business Machines Corp., AutoZone Inc., DaimlerChrysler AG |
| People: |
Stallman, Richard |
| Περίληψη: |
Reports on how Linux, which has been giving Microsoft operating systems a run for the money is facing a lawsuit by SCO which claims to own parts of the code. SCO which is already notorious in three insular communities for suing IBM, alleging that the IT giant had improperly dumped parts of SCO's software code called Unix into Linux; How Linux can be downloaded off the Internet for no charge and modified; How IBM has spend $1 billion upgrading Linux for general business, data-center and telecommunications purposes; How the operating system use has grown; Background on SCO and its claims; Lawsuits by SCO against AutoZone and Daimler-Chrysler for use of the Linux; Why Linux has been growing in popularity; How founder of the free-software movement, Richard Stallman foresaw suits like SCO's and tried to head them off; The basis for the claim by SCO; What the long-term effect on the software industry might be. INSETS: Linux Becomes Big Businux;How the General Public License Works. |
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