The SCO-ification of NetApp | Linux Today

The SCO-ification of NetApp

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 26, 2007

“When Network Appliance announced its patent infringement
charges against Sun in September the company went out of its way to
try and ensure that it was not seen as the next SCO Group.

“Founder and EVP Dave Hitz took to his blog to explain the
background and attempt to reassure the the open source ZFS
community that ‘this lawsuit isn’t about
downloads for personal or non-commercial use; it is about what Sun
is doing…'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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