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NetFlash: HP indemnifies Linux users

Opinion
Sep 25, 20032 mins
Networking

Most users don’t take The SCO Group seriously when it claims it will sue everyone using Linux (and your little dog, too!). But others are uneasy, averse to taking that chance. HP is hoping to appeal to the risk-averse by offering its Linux customers protection from any legal action SCO might take against them. HP indemnifies Linux users http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0924hplinux2.html?net

Most users don’t take The SCO Group seriously when it claims it will sue everyone using Linux (and your little dog, too!). But others are uneasy, averse to taking that chance. HP is hoping to appeal to the risk-averse by offering its Linux customers protection from any legal action SCO might take against them.

HP indemnifies Linux users

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0924hplinux2.html?net

U.S. immigration system hit by virus

The State Department is still reeling from the black eye of succumbing to a common Internet virus. A crucial part of the immigration system – the part that ensures that you’re someone who is allowed to receive a U.S. visa – was knocked out for nine hours Tuesday as the department scrambled to contain the virus.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0924immigration.html?net

IBM bolsters pervasive computing efforts

IBM Tuesday announced product upgrades and partnerships in support of its pervasive computing strategy, an ongoing effort to provide end users with on-the-fly access to any content, from any device, on any network.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0924ibmper.html?net

California bans all spam e-mail

California took a tough stand against spam e-mail on Wednesday after Governor Gray Davis signed a law prohibiting anyone from sending unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisements to a California e-mail address.