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]
] The SCO Group was dealt a legal blow Friday in its
] attempts to enforce what it sees as violations of its
] Unix intellectual property rights when a German court
] granted a preliminary injunction against the company.
]
] Joe Eckert, spokesman for SuSE Linux A.G., said the court
] has ordered SCO to stop claiming that the Linux operating
] system is an illegal derivative of Unix. "If SCO ignores
] the court's order, it faces a fine of up to 250,000
] euro," he said.

Court Puts Muzzle on SCO

] Microsoft is not telling corporate managers that the use
] of open-source applications might land them in hot water
] with patent attorneys. And Microsoft is not saying that
] the open-source development community is a hotbed of
] misappropriation of private property.
]
] This is not because Microsoft disagrees with the above.
] But it's just so much easier to give the dirty work to
] SCO.

Here's the conspiracy theory.

Microsoft's new Linux gambit (and SCO)

] THURSDAY, May 29 (HealthScoutNews) -- Indoor swimming
] pools could be a major source of childhood asthma.
]
] That's the conclusion of a new study by Belgian
] scientists who found that exposure to a byproduct of
] chlorine used to disinfect pools damages the lungs and
] could be associated with an increased risk of asthma in
] children who swim a lot.

Interesting...

Yahoo! News - Indoor Pools May Cause Childhood Asthma

] In the controversy that pits the SCO Group, owner of one
] of the original Unix operating systems, against Linux
] distributors, Microsoft has come down on the side of SCO.
] Yet, overlooked in the stir created when Microsoft
] recently licensed SCO's Unix for use in some of its
] products is the fact that Microsoft has been easing
] restrictions on its own code.

InformationWeek : Open Source : Microsoft Co-Opts Open Source On Its Terms : May 26, 2003

] Sprint Corp., which sells local telephone services in 18
] states, has started converting its local-phone network to
] a technology that increases capacity and allows the
] company to sell new services. Sprint will buy
] packet-switching equipment from Nortel Networks Corp. to
] upgrade the network. Under a $1.1 billion agreement with
] Nortel in 2001, Sprint planned to complete the conversion
] in eight years. Now the transition may take 13 years,
] said Michael Fuller, president of Sprint's local
] division. While traditional phone calls travel over
] dedicated circuits that remain open for the duration of a
] conversation, packet-based technology breaks voice and
] data traffic into digital pieces that are sent separately
] and reassembled upon arrival.

I wonder if this is VoIP or something else...

Sprint starts packet shift

] MUNICH (Reuters) - The city of Munich said on Wednesday
] that it would switch 14,000 computers from Microsoft's
] Windows operating system to rival Linux.

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage

] Sony on Wednesday introduced the PSX, a follow-up to the
] hugely popular PlayStation 2, and touted it as a device
] that creates a new entertainment category.
]
] In addition to the basic features of a game console, PSX
] will offer a DVD recorder, a 120GB hard drive, a TV
] tuner, an Ethernet port, a USB 2.0 port and a Memory
] Stick slot.

Not much info here (this *isn't* the PS3, btw) ... won't ship
in the US until the beginning of next year. This is Sony trying
to be smart and keep M$ out of the living room.

Sony brandishes PS2's successor | CNET News.com

] Novell Inc. today forcefully joined the tumult
] surrounding Unix and Linux by challenging The SCO Group
] Inc. to essentially put up or shut up over its
] allegations that some of SCO's Unix code has illegally
] made its way into Linux.
]
] In a letter on its Web site from Novell CEO and President
] Jack Messman, the Provo, Utah-based company lashed out by
] challenging SCO's assertion that it owns the copyrights
] and patents to Unix System V. Novell, which had earlier
] acquired the Unix systems business of AT&T Corp., broke
] up and sold its Unix properties in 1994 and 1995. One of
] those deals was with the former Santa Cruz Operation,
] which was bought by Caldera International Inc. and later
] became The SCO Group.

More SCO vs the world flak.

Novell calls on SCO to prove allegations about Linux - Computerworld

] BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany — In these girth-conscious times,
] even weight itself has weight issues. The kilogram is
] getting lighter, scientists say, sowing potential
] confusion over a range of scientific endeavor.
]
] The kilogram is defined by a platinum-iridium cylinder,
] cast in England in 1889. No one knows why it is shedding
] weight, at least in comparison with other reference
] weights, but the change has spurred an international
] search for a more stable definition.

Scientists Struggling to Make the Kilogram Right Again