there are definately major things happening in this space: http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/opensource02162006.htm Also microsoft is facing a brand new anti-trust lawsuit. I think this one will sink the ship. On 2/24/06, Technomage wrote: > > ran across this in a linux based newsgroup. > > looks like interesting things are happeneing. > > > --------------- Forwarded message (begin) > > Subject: IBM Probes Microsoft's Relationship with SCO > From: Roy Schestowitz > Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:15:50 -0700 > Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy > > http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/260537_msftibm23.html > > IBM demands documents detailing Microsoft's rivalry with Linux > > "IBM Corp. is seeking to compel Microsoft Corp. to hand over internal > documents detailing its rivalry with the Linux operating system, in a move > that could shed new light on the Redmond company's response to one of its > biggest competitive threats." > > "...It's the latest development in IBM's long-running legal dispute with > the > SCO Group. SCO, a software company based in Lindon, Utah, has filed suit > against IBM and other companies, alleging that components of its Unix > software were added illegally to Linux. > > Microsoft isn't a party to the litigation, and it says it's not involved. > But > that assertion has been under scrutiny since 2003, when Microsoft began > licensing Unix technology from SCO. Ultimately, the related payments from > Microsoft to SCO totaled more than $16 million, or 21 percent of SCO's > revenue that year..." > > --------------- Forwarded message (end) > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >