News
April 6, 2010
Novel wins SCO Unix case (that started 7 years ago)
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on April 6, 2010 at 5:42:14 PM
Yes, that's right - for all of you that were holding your breath to see the outcome, you realized you couldn't. If you somehow did manage to hold your breath for the past 7 years, you might want to call the Guinness Book or World Records or something.
Linky.
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After years of litigation, the District Court of Utah late yesterday ruled that Novell, not the SCO Group, owns the copyrights to the Unix operating system.
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The long-running case began in 2003 when the company sued IBM, claiming that Linux is an unauthorized subset of Unix, and that SCO had true ownership of Unix and UnixWare Technology after Novell’s sale of part of its Unix business to SCO’s predecessor, the Santa Cruz Organization, in 1995. Novell joined the case after the IBM suit, claiming it did not sell the intellectual property rights to the Santa Cruz Organization. Novell began registering copyrights to Unix after that, and SCO sued Novell in 2004.
Linky.
April 6, 2009
Sun Rejects IBM Takeover, Shares Tank
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on April 6, 2009 at 9:51:19 AM
Sun is really heading to the bottom of the bin. Just one day after rejecting IBM's buyout offer, the stock is trading near $5. Sun was at $250 not too long ago. Unlike Yahoo, though, Sun has been losing money every quarter. Really, Sun needs to do something.
It is also not known if the deal would have been allowed to go through. IBM+Sun would be a monopoly in a few markets. Not that it seems to matter in this country...
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Potential backlash from failed Sun-IBM negotiations could include a distraction by Sun's management and board in justifying their decision to reject an offer with a high premium, rather than focus on their struggling business, Sacconaghi noted.
The IBM-Sun buyout talks durig the last two week of March, the end of Sun's quarter, could make its fiscal third quarter challenging, given that up to 40 percent of Sun's revenue is generated in the last two weeks of a quarter, Sacconaghi stated in his report, noting customers are likely to have lingering concerns about Sun's future.
It is also not known if the deal would have been allowed to go through. IBM+Sun would be a monopoly in a few markets. Not that it seems to matter in this country...
September 10, 2007
IBM Join OpenOffice.org
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on September 10, 2007 at 4:41:50 PM
IBM is now backing OpenOffice.org. You can expect code updates from IBM to start flowing soon. They need to fix the speed and the widgets of the app.
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"IBM is very pleased to be joining the OpenOffice.org community. We are very optimistic that IBM's contribution of technology and engineering resources will provide tangible benefits to the community membership and to users of OpenOffice.org technology around the world,” said Mike Rhodin, General Manager of IBM's Lotus division. "We're particularly pleased to be teaming with the community to accelerate the rate of innovation in the office productivity marketplace. We believe that this relationship will improve our ability to deliver innovative value to users of IBM products and services. We also believe that the collaboration will lead to an even broader range of ODF-supporting applications (ISO 26300) and solutions that draw from the OpenOffice.org technology."
July 12, 2007
IBM Gives IP Access To Standards
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on July 12, 2007 at 2:00:11 PM
IBM has pledged to give universal access to standards IP that it has. This means people can use their IP for these standards without fear of infringement.
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Under a pledge issued by the company Wednesday, IBM is granting universal and perpetual access to intellectual property that might be necessary to implement standards designed to make software interoperable. IBM will not assert any patent rights to its technologies featured in these standards. The company believes its move in this space is the largest of its kind. "These are what I could call the core infrastructure standards that people now use around such things as SOA," said Bob Sutor, IBM vice president of open source and standards. Web 2.0 applications also could be developed, for example. The company seeks to spur development of software that leverages these standards.
June 20, 2006
IBM and Georgia Tech Test 500 GHz Chip
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on June 20, 2006 at 1:17:50 PM
This is the largest overclock I have seen. This silicon germanium chip normally runs at 250 GHz at room temp. At 4.5 deg K, it runs at 500 GHz. Awesome stuff coming down the pike.
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The experiments, conducted jointly by IBM and Georgia Tech, are part of a project to explore the ultimate speed limits of silicon germanium (SiGe) devices, which are said to operate faster at cold temperatures. Ultrahigh-frequency SiGe circuits have potential applications in commercial communications systems, military electronics, space and remote sensing. The research could make possible a new class of powerful, low-energy chips that will deliver future applications like HDTV and movie-quality video to cellphones, automobiles and other devices.
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