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By Juergen Haas, About.com Guide to Linux since 2003

End of the Line for Unix Vendor SCO

Monday November 24, 2008
The final judgement has been handed down in the five year litigation drama between SCO and various Linux distributors such as Novel and IBM. Based on dubious claims on rights to Linux code, SCO tried, so some extend successfully, to collect licensing fees from various vendors and users of Linux distributions. However, Novell challenged the case in court and SCO's claims fell apart. SCO is now in bankrupy with little hope of survival and owes Novell more then two million dollars. Read more...

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