ISP Information:
A device driver that runs under the Windows operating system. It runs as part of the OS kernel and has access to kernel memory, running processes and hardware. Starting with Windows 95, these files have the file extension .vxd, and before that with Windows 3.x, they had the extension .386.
ISP Glossary:
VxD - Otherwise, SCO said, companies could be in legal hot water By TODD R. WEISS JULY 21, 2003Source: Computerworld The gloves are now officially off -- all enterprise Linux users have topay The SCO Group Inc. New licensing fees to use Linux, or they couldfind themselves on the wrong end of a copyright infringement lawsuit.That was the ultimatum laid out today by SCO CEO and President DarlMcBride, who said that the $3 billion lawsuit against IBM in March wasapparently just the start of his company's march to defend itself fromwhat it sees as rampant theft of its Unix System V intellectualproperty (IP).http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,83287,00.html(and another report on the same thing)SCO takes aim at Linux usersBy Stephen Shankland and Lisa M. Bowman Staff Writer, CNET News.comJuly 21, 2003, 2:42 PM PTSCO Group, a company arguing that Linux infringes on its Unixintellectual property, said Monday it has been granted key Unixcopyrights and will start a program to let companies running Linuxavoid litigation by paying licensing fees.The company, which is at the heart of a controversial lawsuit overLinux code, said that it plans to offer licenses that will supportrun-time, binary use of Linux to all companies that use Linux kernel2.4 versions and later.http://news.com.com/2100-1016-5047571.html
View Original Article
|
