• On The Insider: Britney's Bikini-Clad Top 10

Novell chides SCO over copyright suits Video

To play this video, you need Javascript enabled and the latest version of Flash installed. Install Flash now
Novell chides SCO over copyright suits
Created: 10/30/2007
Video description: At the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco, Novell's Chris Stone scoffs at the SCO Group's legal battle against Novell and other Linux users over Unix copyright claims. He also discusses why companies are embracing open source and moving away from a business model with strictly proprietary software.

Related Videos

Novell comes clean on Ximian and SCO

Chris Stone claims that Novell is "changing its stripes" to be "more partner-friendly, developer-friendly and now Linux- and open source-friendly." He talks exclusively with Dan Farber in a Face to Face interview about acquiring open-source developer Ximian and the latest twists in SCO's battle with Linux users.

Novell CEO touts Ximian buy

At LinuxWorld in San Francisco, Novell CEO Jack Messman discusses how this week's acquisition of Ximian will round out his company's open-source cross-platform offerings.

Microsoft, Novell, open source

Jaffe talks about why the Novell-Microsoft deal is good for open source, and says many software customers need open source and Windows interoperability.

The changing face of the Linux world

As Linux makes its move in the big-business arena, the open-source community faces growing pains. Correspondent James Hilliard asks conference-goers at LinuxWorld 2004 in San Francisco for their thoughts on the transition and how it is affecting the development of the open-source landscape.

Szulik dismisses concerns about Red Hat's growing dominance in open-source market

At the Vortex 2005 conference in San Francisco, the Linux distributor's CEO Matthew Szulik talks to business author Geoffrey Moore about competing with Sun Microsystems and Red Hat's role as a thought leader in the open-source community.

McBride outlines SCO's lawsuit strategy

SCO Group CEO Darl McBride sits down Face to Face with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber at Sand Hill Group's Software 2004 conference in San Francisco. McBride spoke openly about the ongoing battle over SCO's Unix intellectual property and provided some background on the new lawsuit.

Real announces Helix media player project

At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, CNET's Brian Cooley talks with the general manager of RealNetworks' Helix technology, Kevin Foreman, about a new open-source program that's aimed at creating a media player for Linux.

Red Hat's big Linux update

At a San Francisco press event, Red Hat executive vice president Paul Cormier discusses Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. It's the first major update to the company's open source operating system in more than two years.\r\n

Benioff hatches software ecosystem

At Salesforce.com's annual user conference in San Francisco, CEO Marc Benioff announces AppExchange. Benioff says the directory, currently of 70 applications, will ultimately list thousands. Developers will be able to customize and add functionality to applications based on proprietary software and to sell these applications and components. Everything developed in the AppExchange directory requires paid subscriptions to the Salesforce.com platform. AppExchange is expected to open for business by the end of the year.

Sun and Oracle talk SCO, Unix licensing

At a press conference in San Francisco, Sun's Scott McNealy and Oracle's Larry Ellison discuss Microsoft's plans to license Unix technology from SCO Group.