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The SCO Group's Web site is blocked by a denial-of-service attack, as the company becomes caught in an increasingly acrimonious row with the open-source community.

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Developers and users should ignore the copyright lawsuit filed by the SCO Group against IBM and should continue to work with and deploy Linux without fear of the consequences, according to MontaVista Software, a developer of embedded Linux software.

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One question remains: Is Linux really enterprise-database-ready? Some experts say no, pointing to the fact that the operating system was designed as a version of Unix that would run on a 486 PC, not as the platform for an enterprise-level database, never mind a whole grid of enterprise databases.

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In an effort to broaden Linux's appeal, the open-source software maker says it will bundle its new Enterprise Server 8 with SGI's Altix 3000 servers and superclusters.

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LinuxInstall.org launches a premium service called Web Service powered by Open Webmail.

This is a monthy subscription service costs $5 per month for 10 Mb of space.

It includes:
* WebMail which allows to check email anywhere
* WebDisk which allows to backup your data
* WebCalendar which allows to track your schedules.

For a limited time until at the end of September, LinuxInstall.org will send you a free copy of LinuxInstall.org CD.

For more information, visit linuxinstall.org

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The goal: diverse resources that interoperate. To get there, grids must be built on standard interfaces and protocols, and the Open Grid Services Architecture maps the path. In
this article
, we lay out the components of OGSA and explain their significance. The Globus Toolkit 3 is the first major implementation of the standard; others are under development.

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IBM Corp. has been quietly stage-managing the open source community's response to The SCO Group Inc.'s $3 billion lawsuit over Big Blue's contributions to the Linux source code, SCO's Chief Executive Officer Darl McBride said in an interview at his company's SCO Forum user conference in Las Vegas this week.

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The SCO Group is zero for two in its efforts to prove that its Unix software was illegally copied into the Linux operating system, according to Linux advocate Bruce Perens, who on Wednesday said he traced a second example of SCO's disputed code and that it was lawfully included in Linux.

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LAS VEGAS -- The first publicly released sample that The SCO Group Inc. claims was improperly added to the Linux source code has every right to be in Linux, according to open-source advocate Bruce Perens.

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LAS VEGAS - Mixing James Bond video clips with dry analysis of legal contracts and source code, The SCO Group Inc. made its legal case over IBM Corp.'s alleged misappropriation of Linux source code to 650 developers and channel partners at its annual SCOForum trade show in Las Vegas on Monday.

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The SCO Group's legal wrangling with IBM and threats directed at customers likely will have reverberations throughout the open source community beyond just the Linux operating system.

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SCO WILL attempt to win its $3 billion case against IBM by arguing that the General Public Licence (GPL) is invalid. That's what a pleader at legal practice Boies Schiller and Flexner is telling the Wall Street Journal today.

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