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| | Unix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Unix or UNIX is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of ATandT Bell Labs employees including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and Douglas McIlroy. | | | The Unix systems are characterized by various concepts: plain text files, command line interpreter, hierarchical file system, treating devices and certain types of inter-process communication as files, etc. In software engineering, Unix is mainly noted for its use of the C programming language and for the Unix philosophy. | | | Early Unix developers were important in bringing the theory of software modularity and re-use into engineering practice. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix
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| | SCO OpenServer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | SCO OpenServer, previously SCO UNIX and SCO ODT, is a versions of the Unix computer operating system developed by Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) and now maintained by the SCO Group. | | | The 1992 releases of SCO UNIX 3.2v4.0 and Open Desktop 2.0 added support for long file names and symbolic links. | | | By the end of the 1990s, there were around 15,000 value-added resellers (VARs) around the world who provided solutions for customers of SCO's Unix systems. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_UNIX
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| | Wired News: Microsoft Licenses Unix From SCO |
| | Unix was developed in the 1960s by AT&, although the majority of big computer companies -- including Sun Microsystems, IBM and Hewlett-Packard -- licensed the technology and developed their own version of the software. | | | SCO made the first version of Unix to work on computers that use Intel chips. | | | SCO sued IBM, alleging the world's biggest computer company abused its intellectual property rights by including some of SCO's Unix software code in a derivative version of Unix called Linux. |
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http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58904,00.html
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| | Analysis of SCO's Las Vegas Slide Show |
| | SCO's contention is that copyrighted software can never be separated, that any code created by a Unix licensee that ever touches SCO Unix or is even loosely based on Unix is entirely SCO's from that moment on, and can never be used for another purpose by its creator without authorization from SCO. | | | SCO later copied the software into Unix System V. The BPF source code is here on the Lab's web site. | | | SCO further obfuscated the code on this slide by switching it to a Greek font, but that was easily undone. |
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http://www.perens.com/SCO/SCOSlideShow.html
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| | IBM takes issue with SCO Unix suit Tech News on ZDNet |
| | And the plan is moving quickly, beginning with a mechanism by which companies may license supporting Unix software "libraries" that let programs written for SCO Unix run on computers that actually use the Linux operating system. | | | SCO, formerly Caldera International and Caldera Systems, is the inheritor of the Unix intellectual property that first was created at AT&T. Linux, which works in many ways identically to Unix, is created by a group of open-source programmers with assistance from IBM, Intel, NEC, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and other companies. | | | SCO is likely to damage its relations with its network of sales partners that customize its software and build it into computers used by "replicated sites"--companies such as McDonald's that have numerous similar branches. |
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-991622.html
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| | SCO History |
| | SCO used to have a free OpenServer CD for evaluation and for non-commercial use available at http://stage.caldera.com/offers/license.html that you could use to test if your SCO Xenix or SCO Unix binaries will work. | | | SCO has their claim to the unix source at http://www.sco.com/scosource/ and the unix history at http://www.sco.com/scosource/unixtree/unixhistory01.html | | | SCO produced XENIX 386, for Intel 386 processors, in 1987. |
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http://williambader.com/museum/dell/xenixhistory.html
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| | E-032 SCO |
| | SCO Group's first legal action was to announce enforcement of licensing for a code library that allows software written for SCO Unix to be run on Linux systems without recoding or recompiling. | | | Since much of the foundation code for Unix networking and other important aspects of the operating system was developed for BSD Unix and licensed under the free BSD license, it's not at all surprising that similar code appears both in Linux and SCO Unix, as well as in Microsoft's Windows. | | | Since SCO Group won't show the code, and licensees can't, a method by which source matches can be found between Linux and Unix System V without revealing the proprietary System V code has been developed (B12). |
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http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit032.html
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| | SCO Linux/Unix Licensing Nonsense |
| | What it may mean is that SCO might charge Unix users who have moved to Linux from Unix but are still using a pair of old Unix ABI software libraries found in UnixWare and OpenServer to run Unix binaries on Linux. | | | On Linux, these libraries can be used to run some SCO Unix binaries. | | | What we have here is SCO exploring whether there's any money to be made from operating system companies that are using its Unix intellectual property licenses without permission. |
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http://www.practical-tech.com/business/b01162003.htm
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| | Sun expands Unix deal with SCO Tech News on ZDNet |
| | SCO has also complained that Unix code was directly copied into Linux, but thus far, the company hasn't made any copyright infringement claims. | | | That type of action is at the heart of SCO's IBM lawsuit, which claims that IBM took code it initially developed for its AIX version of Unix and then moved it to open-source Linux projects. | | | The highest-profile result of that effort has been an SCO lawsuit against IBM that alleges IBM misappropriated SCO trade secrets and violated its Unix contracts, for which SCO now is seeking more than $3 billion. |
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-1024633.html
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| | UNIX History |
| | SCO Turns It's Attention to SGI from Computer Business. | | | A History of UNIX and UNIX Licences by Peter Salus. | | | SCO Announces Immediate Termination of IBM's Right to Use and Distribute AIX Software and Files for Permanent Injunction from SCO. |
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http://www.levenez.com/unix
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| | I, Cringely . May 29, 2003 - Going for a Streak-Free Finish PBS |
| | But it is Unix completely redesigned and rewritten. I doubt it has very little in common with the original Unix licensed from AT&T however long ago. I think SCO will have a big challenge finding anything in AIX that bears resemblance to their Unix, much less anything in AIX that may be in Linux. | | | IBM has kept its AIX version of Unix viable and distinctly separate. The latest generation, version 5.xL, includes mainframe (S/390) logical partitioning. This OS exploits the capabilities of IBM's multiprocessor p6x0 series technology. Linux has nothing like this logical partitioning, nor does SCO. | | | Yes, IBM put more effort and lines of code into an S/390 port of Linux. However, the result certainly would not have been anything anyone else could use, and certainly wouldn't be something SCO could lay claim to. |
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http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030529.html
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| | Microsoft Buys Into SCO Group's Unix |
| | SCO also announced Monday that it has worked with Center 7 to create SCO Authentication for Microsoft Active Directory, giving end users the ability to use a single log in for a mixed Windows and Unix environment. | | | Raymond uses "genetic Unix" to describe those operating systems which are derivative works of the original Bell Labs Unix. | | | SCO added UnixWare, the brand name carried by late versions of Bell Labs' Unix, after it acquired it in 1995. |
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http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/2208691
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| | SCO |
| | Were SCO to prevail, it might hinder development of Linux and make the general public’s ability to obtain it difficult. | | | SCO made money on Unix, some of it even from Microsoft. | | | For more UNIX book listings, see also the general book listings on the UNIX web page. |
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http://www.osdata.com/oses/sco.htm
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| | Caldera Buys SCO Unix & Professional Services |
| | While according to IDC's research manager for system software Al Gillen SCO is the leading Unix distributor holding 37 percent of the Unix market with 313,000 software license shipments in 1999, compared to Sun's 22 percent of the market, SCO and the Server division were still losing money hand over fist. | | | With this single move, Linux and Unix are unified for the first time under one company. | | | Others--such as David Gloria, SCO Premier Reseller with Computer Integrators and president of Ixorg, an organization of SCO resellers--are more optimistic. |
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http://www.practical-tech.com/business/b08022000.htm
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| | Humorix SCO Sues To Become Relevant |
| | SCO acquired Unix Systems Laboratories, then owned by Novell, and declared that SCO Unix is now real Unix, so there, Nyeh nyeh! | | | Meanwhile, customers were not happy with SCO Unix because it wasn't enough like real Unix. | | | They were still being outsold by Solaris, AIX, Digital Unix, Ultrix, HP/UX, and even Lu/nix on the Commodore 64. |
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http://humorix.org/articles/2003/05/sco
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| | SCO's Linux Fight - Special Coverage |
| | The SCO Group released an updated version of its OpenServer operating system as part of an effort to revitalize the Unix technology and stop a precipitous drop-off in revenue. | | | SCO to Congress: Linux hurts the U.S. (Jan. 23, 2004) | | | SCO pulls IBM's AIX license in Unix dispute (Jun. 16, 2003) |
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http://www.computerworld.com/news/special/pages/0,10911,2046,00.html
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| | SCO company information |
| | 1995 - SCO acquires UNIX System source technology business from Novell Corporation. | | | SCO also acquires UnixWare 2 operating system from Novell. | | | Founded in 1979 by Doug and Larry Michels as UNIX system and consulting company. |
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http://www.computerhope.com/comp/sco.htm
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| | HP.com - SCO Unix support for HP ProLiant Servers |
| | The embedded Intel 82541PI PCI Gigabit NIC requires the e1008g driver available on the SCO OpenServer 6 media | | | SCO certified - provides a link to software and driver downloads | | | The embedded Broadcom 5721 PCI-Express Gigabit NIC requires the bcme driver available on the SCO OpenServer 6 media |
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http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/sco/index-all.html
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| | eWEEK.com - Enterprise Technology News and Reviews |
| | Search Google Won't Shelve Google Print Google is set to resume scanning more library books, despite what appears to be a threadbare shield against mounting legal threats. | | | Like the Energizer Bunny, SCO and its Linux/Unix lawsuits keeps going and going and... |
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http://www.eweek.com
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| | #1 Source for SCO Unix - UniXpress |
| | FacetWIN - Connecting Windows to Unix the Windows Way | | | If you need SCO Unix or related products, your are at the correct website; if you want excellent Unix books, then visit the Prentice Hall Web site. | | | DISCLAIMER: There may be some confusion between the UniXpress name and Unix Press, a division of Prentice Hall. |
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http://www.unixpress.com
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| | Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a network of more than 11,000 resellers and 8,000 developers. | | | "SCO is the owner of the UNIX operating system, as well as all of the UNIX contracts, claims and copyrights necessary to conduct that business," said Sontag. | | | operating system, today confirmed its previously stated ownership of UNIX copyrights. |
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http://ir.sco.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=110907
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| | Sco Index |
| | Subject: FAQ: SCO UNIX newsgroups and mailing lists |
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http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sco
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