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  • XenSource gets new CEO, direction

    XenSource, a start-up trying to commercialise software that lets several versions of Linux run on the same computer, has chosen a new chief executive and altered its business strategy.

  • Novell claims new evidence against SCO

    Novell is seeking to undermine the SCO Group's legal claim against IBM with evidence that allegedly shows SCO purchased limited rights to the Unix operating system.

  • Vendors shortlisted for heavyweight Vic project

    The Victorian government announced today that IBM and Novell are the shortlisted tenderers for Project Rosetta following an initial scrutiny that took nearly five months.

  • Vic government awards Rosetta deal

    Information technology solution provider Novell was awarded a five year AU$9.5 million contract by the Victorian government for the integration of the government departments' online directory service.

  • Mixed rulings advance two SCO cases

    The SCO Group won two and lost two in its Unix-related lawsuits against IBM and Novell, with a federal judge issuing rulings that, among other things, granted SCO's request to delay the IBM trial.

  • Novell sets sights on 'complete Linux desktop'

    In the 1990s, Microsoft defeated Novell in the market for server operating systems. Now Novell is taking the battle back to Redmond, launching an attack on Microsoft's desktop stronghold.

  • Contract illuminates Novell, SCO spat

    A 1995 contract sheds light on the conflicting Unix ownership claims by Novell and SCO Group, with SCO receiving broad rights to the operating system but Novell retaining copyrights and patents.

  • Novell offers legal protection for Linux

    Novell expects this week to begin offering SuSE Linux customers some legal protection for using the open-source operating system, the fourth legal umbrella to emerge from a computing industry grappling with legal threats brought by SCO Group.

  • All shook up in Linux land

    The balance of Linux power shifted Tuesday, with Novell announcing an IBM-assisted plan to acquire SuSE Linux.

  • Novell's Linux power play

    Novell's purchase of Ximian could be the sign of new life for the network software company. We look at the effect of this Novell/Linux relationship and how it could change Novell's fortunes.

  • Pandora's box for open source

    Once every three months, Alan Nugent, chief technology officer of billion-dollar software company Novell, sits down with a small group of colleagues to decide what software the company will give away for free.

  • Commentary: Unix's war on Linux

    The lawsuit filed against IBM by SCO is a stalking-horse for a deeper struggle between proprietary and open-source software.

  • SCO Group returns from the dead to haunt Linux

    SCO Group, which for years has claimed that Linux infringes on its Unix intellectual property, has received new funding and seems set to continue its battle against the open source operating system.

  • Microsoft details virtualisation plans

    Microsoft on Wednesday detailed changes to its Virtual Server plans, announcing it will shift its next update of the software from a maintenance release to a paid upgrade.

  • SCO opens new front in Linux war

    SCO Group has targeted a new group in an effort to profit from what it says is illegal use of Unix intellectual property in Linux, but Novell, a former owner of the operating system, claims it still holds copyrights.

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