Hewlett-Packard joins fray over whether Linux contains unlawful Unix code. Martin Fink, an HP vice president, said HP would indemnify its customers against any legal liability from using Linux. [eWeek]

Hewlett-Packard takes up SCO challenge to Linux users with indemnification against SCO lawsuits; move not as bold as it looks: HP thinks legal risks are so small, it's willing to assume them to make customers feel more secure. [eWeek]

After SCO announcement that BayStar Capital invested $50 million in SCO, questions are raised on Microsoft role. BayStar leads, creates, participates in PIPE investments, many with funds from other firms, such as Microsoft. [eWeek]

eWeek article outlines Lawson Software's 1000-day plan to transform its products into J2EE service-oriented applications.

Enterprises are looking again at Linux as a Windows alternative.

Many Linux customers have no intention of paying SCO for a UnixWare license to indemnify them from legal liability for using the Linux operating system. [eWeek]

Merrill Lynch and Co., a leading Wall Street brokerage and financial management company in New York, is deploying "virtual machine" software from VMware Inc. throughout its production environments and on more than 27, 000 desktops.

Crusade by SCO to protect Unix intellectual property took unexpected turn when Microsoft Corp. said it was licensing Unix source code and patent from SCO. SCO approached Microsoft a few months before with IP claim. [eWeek]

Firm, which on Monday announced it was licensing Unix source code and patents from SCO, remains tight-lipped on its reasons for the move; spokesman says no one available to discuss matter further at this time. [eWeek]

As pressure mounts against SCO and its crusade to protect what it sees as its intellectual property, Novell, which once owned Unix rights, publicly challenged SCO assertions that it owns Unix System V copyrights, patents. [eWeek]