SCO claims denied

SCO has already announced it has received US copyright registrations for Unix source code, which are needed to enforce its copyrights. It also said that it would offer UnixWare licences to support run-time, binary use of Linux for all commercial users of Linux based on kernel version 2.4.x and later.

But interestingly, notes Mozillaquest, contrary to the assumption that SCO owned Unix System V copyrights when it filed its Caldera v IBM lawsuit, others beg to differ. In March, Linux Journal editor Don Marti revealed that SCO did not own any Unix patents.

Following that, Novell CEO Jack Messman announced in May that SCO did not acquire the Unix copyrights when it purchased Novell`s Unix business in 1995. A week later, SCO CEO Darl McBride managed to come up with a later agreement conveying some, unspecified, Unix copyrights to SCO.

Lindows.com is attempting to resurrect the lifeless network computer, reports News.com. Lindows, which distributes LindowsOS, a consumer-oriented version of the Linux operating system, has launched a $169 desktop machine.

The new computer, dubbed the WebStation, is a basic PC, sans a hard drive or a floppy drive. Instead, it boots from its CD drive and uses data downloaded from a network or an Internet connection.

The SCO Group is beefing up its Web services offerings with the acquisition of Vultus and its WebFace Solution Suite, reports eWeek. SCO on Tuesday said it acquired Vultus` assets, engineering personnel and technology, which would become a core component of SCOx.

SCOx is a framework geared at bringing SCO`s developers, resellers and small to medium business customers running SCO Unix and Linux to the world of Web services.

SCO WebFace Solution Suite, as the Vultus product will now be known, is a Web application development environment that allows customers to create and deploy applications in a browser without the need for installed plug-ins or Java. It is built on SCO`s Unix operating system, e-business services, and industry standards like XML, SOAP and UDDI.