Posts Tagged ‘unix’

Celebrate 1234567890!

Looking for a nerdy good time? It’ll be 1234567890 Unix time this Friday, February 13th at 3:31:30 PM PST and the parties are being added to the 1234567890 day website as I type. What is Unix time, you might ask? It’s the number of seconds that has passed since midnight on January 1, 1970. It’s used by a lot of operating systems (like Unix in case you hadn’t guessed) to tell time. You can find more about Unix time at Wikipedia and find a party to join at the 1234567890 day website.

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Filed under Just for Fun : Comments (0) : Feb 12th, 2009

Novell/SCO Case Finally Put to Rest

The lawsuit between Novell and SCO over the ownership of UNIX has finally been settled. A judgement was ruled in mid-July that SCO owed Novell $2.5 million and the final judgment was handed down today holding that ruling and adds interest. SCO sold licenses to Sun and Microsoft for the UNIX code that, as it would turn out, Novell actually owns. They then proceeded to go after some of the larger Linux vendors and customers such as Red Hat, IBM, DaimlerChrysler, and AutoZone claiming that Linux was just a copy of UNIX. The federal court ruled that SCO owes Novell not only the $2.5 million, but also $918,000 in interest and $489 per day from August 29 to November 20. SCO is in the midst of filing for bandruptcy already and will not be able to pay Novell in full at the moment.

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Filed under News : Comments (1) : Nov 24th, 2008