Scot Petersen

The other shoe finally dropped in The SCO Groups threatened lawsuits against Linux users. Wednesday the Lindon, Utah, company filed suit against auto parts retailer AutoZone Inc. for “alleged violations of SCOs UNIX copyrights through its use of Linux,” according to a company release. SCOs suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Nevada, alleges […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Bruce Schneier is one cryptographer who is about as good with a phrase as he is with numbers, especially when talking or writing about the state of security in the world today. Schneier, whos founder and chief technology officer of Counterpane Internet Security Inc., a security services provider, is the author of several books, […]

Once upon a time, 3G wireless services were the next big thing, especially in Europe and Asia, where the technology had a head start. Today, industry vendors, analysts and investors are asking what went wrong. After shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars in license fees, carriers abroad found too few users flocking to 3G. […]

NEW YORK—Linux is everywhere. its in your Web server. Its in your data center. Its in your desktop, your laptop and your handheld. It may soon be in your car and home appliances. Its being used by NASA to operate the Mars rover. There may yet be enterprise IT executives still wondering when to jump […]

If 2001 was a year of cataclysmic change and 2002 was a year of prolonged recovery, recessionary and otherwise, then in 2003 we seemed to get back to business. In fact, in business terms, it was a very good year. It was a year in which we spent more time looking forward than back, for […]

Lights, camera, action! Is it the California gubernatorial race? No, its that other political sideshow: SCO vs. the World. Darl McBride, riffing on James Bond, said SCO is in the middle of the battle of the century. David Boies lawyers are running all over the place. Linus Torvalds said SCO is smoking crack. How long […]

Novell Inc. pulled off a Linux coup today by snapping up developer Ximian Inc., but according to Ximians top developer, it will mostly be business as usual. Ximian is noted for developing the Gnome open-source desktop interface and Mono, the open-source version of Microsoft Corp.s .Net framework. Most recently, the company released Ximian Desktop Version […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Mobile hardware and software developers are out in force at this weeks here with several new enterprise applications and other tools to help spread Java on device platforms. Motorola, Nextel and Creditel announced they are teaming up to create a Java-powered point-of-sale (POS) device for Motorola-Nextel handsets. Nextel demonstrated the solution, with Creditels PowerSwipe […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Sun Microsystems Inc. executives Tuesday at the opening session of JavaOne here outlined what they feel is an exciting new chapter in Java. Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president of software for the Santa Clara., Calif., company, showed off a new Java logo and “Java Powered” branding campaign, which if it catches on the way […]

Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison shocked the technology world today with news that he plans to make a $5.1 billion offer to buy ERP rival Peoplesoft Inc., according to the company. The Redwood Shores, Calif., database giant wants to offer Peoplesoft shareholders $16 a share for the company. Peoplesofts stock was up more than 22 […]