Matthew Szulik, CEO, Linux distributor Red Hat, is sick of threats SCO is making. Rather than wait for SCO to start suing Linux customers, Red Hat launched preemptive suit against SCO, for unfair, deceptive business practices. [Forbes]
Some analysts are clamoring for IBM to make such a promise, but IBM refuses, which makes some people wonder: if IBM code is clean, why won't IBM shield its customers? [Forbes]
Unsurprisingly, some struggling firms see Linux as a ride out of the dark tunnel of flat growth and into the bright light of prosperity. Executives at SCO, former Santa Cruz Operation, are debating if Linux is salvation. [Forbes]
The Santa Cruz Operation found a savior in Linux software maker Caldera Systems, who will buy SCO's server software and professional services divisions, with total $25 million sales, $10 million losses, in fiscal Q3. [Forbes]
Om Malik's article: "The reason why all these Valley hotshots are going gaga over Google is because the company has a search technology that is far better than anything else out there."