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ZDNet UK: SCO Ready to Hit Australian Linux Users

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 9, 2004

“Australia’s corporate community will get their first real taste
of the SCO Group’s campaign for compensation for alleged
intellectual property breaches involving Linux before the end of
the first quarter.

“The SCO Group’s Australian and New Zealand boss, Kieran
O’Shaughnessy, told ZDNet Australia late on Friday afternoon that
he was preparing to fly to London to finalise the vendor’s
strategies for securing licence agreements with large commercial
users of Linux in Australia.

“He said the point at which the licence would be available to
Australian and New Zealand users was ‘very, very close.’ Pressed
for a firm date, he confirmed that it would be before the end of
this year’s first quarter…”

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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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