]
] NEW YORK - Judging from the holy war being waged by
] proponents of Linux PCs, it's clear that Linux is
] becoming the OS/2 of its time.

Ummmm....

Forbes.com: Why You Won't Be Getting A Linux PC

] The GNU project is about making sure that computer users
] have certain important freedoms. If you use GNU/Linux
] today, you have these freedoms on a single computer.
] Generally speaking, the internet is also a place of
] freedom, because it is built on open protocols which are
] not in any way patent-encumbered, and which are generally
] implemented in Free Software. However, this freedom is
] threatened now by a monopolistic company which wants to
] catch us all in their dotNET. Read this warning written
] in 1896.
]
] The DotGNU project is the response of the Free Software
] movement. We want to have technological leadership in the
] webservices arena while at the same time making our
] system compatible with dotNET so that businesses can
] migrate to DotGNU without much trouble. The main
] objective is to have a system that truly belongs to the
] developers, which is not in any way controlled by a
] profit-oriented monopolistic company.
]
] DotGNU could be called an "operating system for the
] internet" - it's a collection of tools that allow
] software components to interact with each other over the
] internet. The most impressive parts are currently:

DotGNU Project

] Although Microsoft may continue to provide security and
] performance updates, no major new releases are planned,
] Microsoft Product Manager Jessica Sommer told CNET
] News.com. Sommer said that with the emergence of Apple's
] Safari browser, Microsoft felt customers were better
] served by using Apple's browser, noting that Microsoft
] does not have the access to the Macintosh operating
] system that it would need to compete.

Microsoft: No new versions of IE for Mac | CNET News.com

] Hordes of entrepreneurs and giant companies compete to
] make consumer electronic devices faster, multifeatured
] and able to process mind-boggling amounts of data. But
] David Rose is betting there is money to be made heading
] against the crowd. His company, Ambient Devices, a
] start-up in Cambridge, Mass., is producing devices that
] display limited information in ways that can be
] understood with just a glance.

Really cool! Even mentions CMU HCII's "information percolator."

Glass That Glows and Gives Stock Information

] The Verizon internet service provider (ISP) was ordered
] to surrender the names to the Recording Industry
] Association of America (RIAA) by a court of Appeal in
] Washington.
]
] On Wednesday the court rejected Verizon's request for a
] delay, pending a final decision in the case.

Uh oh...

BBC NEWS | Technology | File-swappers face the music

]
] The SCO Group was dealt a legal blow Friday in its
] attempts to enforce what it sees as violations of its
] Unix intellectual property rights when a German court
] granted a preliminary injunction against the company.
]
] Joe Eckert, spokesman for SuSE Linux A.G., said the court
] has ordered SCO to stop claiming that the Linux operating
] system is an illegal derivative of Unix. "If SCO ignores
] the court's order, it faces a fine of up to 250,000
] euro," he said.

Court Puts Muzzle on SCO

] Microsoft is not telling corporate managers that the use
] of open-source applications might land them in hot water
] with patent attorneys. And Microsoft is not saying that
] the open-source development community is a hotbed of
] misappropriation of private property.
]
] This is not because Microsoft disagrees with the above.
] But it's just so much easier to give the dirty work to
] SCO.

Here's the conspiracy theory.

Microsoft's new Linux gambit (and SCO)

] In the controversy that pits the SCO Group, owner of one
] of the original Unix operating systems, against Linux
] distributors, Microsoft has come down on the side of SCO.
] Yet, overlooked in the stir created when Microsoft
] recently licensed SCO's Unix for use in some of its
] products is the fact that Microsoft has been easing
] restrictions on its own code.

InformationWeek : Open Source : Microsoft Co-Opts Open Source On Its Terms : May 26, 2003

] MUNICH (Reuters) - The city of Munich said on Wednesday
] that it would switch 14,000 computers from Microsoft's
] Windows operating system to rival Linux.

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage

] Novell Inc. today forcefully joined the tumult
] surrounding Unix and Linux by challenging The SCO Group
] Inc. to essentially put up or shut up over its
] allegations that some of SCO's Unix code has illegally
] made its way into Linux.
]
] In a letter on its Web site from Novell CEO and President
] Jack Messman, the Provo, Utah-based company lashed out by
] challenging SCO's assertion that it owns the copyrights
] and patents to Unix System V. Novell, which had earlier
] acquired the Unix systems business of AT&T Corp., broke
] up and sold its Unix properties in 1994 and 1995. One of
] those deals was with the former Santa Cruz Operation,
] which was bought by Caldera International Inc. and later
] became The SCO Group.

More SCO vs the world flak.

Novell calls on SCO to prove allegations about Linux - Computerworld