Reuters: IBM Moves to Reassure Customers on SCO Lawsuit

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 25, 2003

“International Business Machines Corp. is moving to reassure its
customers about legal threats by SCO Group Inc., the software
company that has accused IBM of distributing code it owns in
versions of the free Linux operating system.

“Lindon, Utah-based SCO has sued IBM, saying the computer maker
used parts of its Unix operating system code to enhance the
performance of Linux — a freely available operating system
increasingly used to run corporate computer networks,

“IBM, the world’s largest computer company, has rejected SCO’s
claims, saying it has not demonstrated that its intellectual
property rights have been violated…”


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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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