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SCO turns a profit, helped by licensing program, 05/28/03

The SCO Group reported a profit in its second fiscal quarter thanks in part to its recently launched initiative to more aggressively collect licensing fees for its Unix operating system software.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0528scoturns.html

Novell hits back at SCO on Unix claims, 05/28/03

Novell is taking The SCO Group to task over the latter’s legal claims over Unix and against Linux software.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0528novelhits.html

Report: Jury rules against eBay in patent case, 05/28/03

EBay has been ordered to pay $35 million in damages after the jury in a federal district court in Virginia found it had infringed two patents held by MercExchange LLC, according to a report in Wednesday’s online edition of the Wall Street Journal.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0528reporjury.html

Time seen running out on Equipe, 05/27/03

Beset by lack of demand for and revenue from its ATM/MPLS core switches, observers say the sun is setting on four-year-old, privately held Equipe Communications.

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0527equipe.html

DOJ won’t intervene in states’ ongoing Microsoft case, 05/27/03

The Department of Justice has notified an appeals court that it won’t intervene in a continuing antitrust case two states …

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0527dojwont.html

Report: Case thinking AOL spinoff not a bad idea, 05/27/03

Spinning off the America Online Internet division from AOL Time Warner Inc. (AOLTW) might not be such a bad idea, Steve Case has said to senior company officials, according to a report published Tuesday in The New York Times.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0527aolspin.html

RIM ordered to pay extra damages in patent case, 05/26/03

Research in Motion, the company behind the BlackBerry wireless e-mail device, was ordered to pay almost $9 million in …

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0526rimorder2.html

AT&T Wireless CEO: Focus on profits, not new services, 05/22/03

The challenge facing companies in the wireless technology industry is to stop talking about whiz-bang future offerings and start generating cash, AT&T Wireless chairman and CEO John Zeglis said Thursday during a keynote presentation opening the Global Wireless Summit conference in New York.

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