Alexios Zavras wrote: > Twra, thn petition den thn katalaba: > leei sth SCO na me mynhsei. Giati ? 1. Για να δείξει ότι οι Linux-άδες είναι ενωμένοι-ποτέ-νικημένοι-και-άλλα-. -πολλά-όμορφα. 2. Γιατί, όπως γράφει, είναι τόσο σίγουροι ότι η SCO δεν θα κερδίσει στη διαμάχη οπότε δεν υπάρχει περίπτωση να έχουν προσωπική ζημία. Γιώργος. Υ.Γ. : Ενδιαφέρον παρουσιάζει το παρακάτω μήνυμα που δημοσιεύθηκε σε newsgroup της microsoft.*. Message-ID: <eRdjXfpHDHA [ dot ] 452 [ at ] TK2MSFTNGP11 [ dot ] phx [ dot ] gbl> ] Πρόκειται για άρθρο του WinNet. |Microsoft to License UNIX Source Code | | In an unexpected move, Microsoft announced today that it will |license the UNIX source code from SCO Group, the company that owns |patents on the technology and is involved in a controversial lawsuit |alleging that Linux has illegally stolen source code from UNIX. Why |Microsoft really wants to license the technology is unclear; analysts |say the company made the decision to license UNIX source code and |technologies to encourage other companies to strike similar deals with |SCO and improve interoperability. But darker reasons could exist. In |March, SCO sued IBM for $1 billion, charging the company with |transferring SCO trade secrets to Linux. The Linux community reacted |with outrage, voicing fears that other Linux makers would soon be |sued. Obviously, the Microsoft decision could cause further fury from |the Linux world, and given the software giant's attitude toward Linux, |causing an uproar could have been the plan all along. | |AT&T created UNIX--once considered the penultimate OS--and the C |programming language in the 1960s. (Microsoft licensed the technology |from AT&T in the 1980s for its Xenix OS, a UNIX version that ran on |IBM and compatible PCs.) In 1992, Novell bought UNIX, then sold the |technology to SCO in 1995. Because most major companies that develop |UNIX products, such as Sun Microsystems, license the technology, it's |still a fairly lucrative business. But UNIX has been running out of |steam in recent years because of the success of Windows NT (and more |recent versions of Windows) and a UNIX clone called Linux. Created as |an open-source project, Linux source code is available to anyone. | |And that's the problem, SCO says. The company believes that Linux |contains significant portions of patented UNIX source code. If so, any |companies that sell or create Linux projects could be at legal risk; |SCO recently threatened to revoke IBM's UNIX license as early as next |month. Microsoft says it's taking the high road and licensing the |technology specifically so that the company can improve |interoperability between Windows and UNIX and, in the process, |preserve SCO's intellectual property rights. SCO notes that Microsoft |isn't the only major vendor to acquire a UNIX license in recent days, |although the company isn't naming names yet. | |Brought to you by Windows & .NET Magazine, the leading publication for IT |professionals deploying Windows and related technologies. Subscribe |today. (http://www.winnetmag.com/sub.cfm?code=wswi201x1z) -- Και να φανταστεί κανείς πως είδα ότι η MAC ανήκε σε Sun-άκι.