For the first time, the source code of KSOS, backed by the US Department of Defense in the late 1970s and 1980s, is available ...

Microsoft will license the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a move that could impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the market for computer operating systems. According to a ...

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Editors note: In a letter sent to numerous Linux-using companies Thursday, The SCO Group Inc. cited specific code in Linux it claims was taken from its Unix intellectual property. The charges follow ...

An open letter to the Linux community published this week by Silicon Graphics indicates that SGI has conducted a comprehensive comparison of the Linux kernel and the Unix System V source code owned by ...

SCO and its successors struggled to survive, but interested parties kept the lawsuit alive because the chance to emerge as ...

Novell Inc. is reasserting the claim that it, and not The SCO Group Inc., owns the copyright to the Unix System V source code that has been at the heart of a protracted dispute between SCO and the ...

The SCO Group is taking its case against the Linux operating system and IBM on the road. Last week, the company began showing code to U.S. analysts that, it claims, proves that the source code to the ...

The software maker's agreement to license Unix lends weight to SCO Group's legal claims of copyright violation and helps Microsoft do battle with Linux. The software maker's agreement to license Unix ...