Microsoft is a bit player in this arena, but we have to include it. The company released version 3.5 of its Services for Unix in mid-January. This is significant because Microsoft paid SCO's licensing fee for Unix. Microsoft also extended its support of Windows 98 and Windows ME until June 2006, a move some argue is intended to keep customers from switching to Linux on the desktop.
SCO chief Darl McBride has written a letter to Congress arguing that open-source software and the GPL threaten "the U.S. information technology industry," our country's "international competitive position" and "our national security." SCO also has filed a "slander of title" lawsuit against Novell, in response to Novell's claims that it owns the AT&T code. Beyond the United States, SCO has announced worldwide availability of the SCO Intellectual Property License covering the disputed code.
Despite all the commercial and political maneuvering, Linux is here to stay. In fact, we're so confident of Linux's long-term enterprise viability that we've dedicated an entire issue to the subject, helping you decide if Linux is right for your organization, and if so, where it's best suited. Here, we sidestep the politics and instead talk about Linux's commercial usefulness.
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