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In 1998, Caldera, Incorporated split into two separate firms: Caldera Systems and Caldera Thin Clients. In 1999, Caldera Thin Clients changed its name to Lineo and moved into the embedded OS market. Caldera Systems -- using proceeds from the Microsoft DR DOS settlement -- purchased SCO Unix and UnixWare from SCO later in 2000.
Two years later, in recognition of the fact that most of its income was coming from proprietary Unix sales rather than Linux, Caldera Systems changed its name to the SCO Group. Also in 2002, Bryan Sparks co-founded a new firm called DeviceLogics, and promptly bought DR DOS for the second time.
Of course, as good as it was -- and obviously it was good enough to deeply trouble Bill Gates and company -- DR DOS was never as successful in the marketplace as it turned out to be in the courtroom. Perhaps it will find its niche in the embedded space. Bryan Sparks is betting it does. He is quoted in this week's announcement as saying, "DR-DOS is the fastest-to-market, the most reliable -- and with new FAT32 and Linux extensions -- the absolute best operation system for single-task embedded devices."
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Basicly Ext2 and Ext3 is not Linux due to it being a part in many other Operating Systems. Basicly there is almost no Filesystem that is Linux own. Basicly some other Operating system will access it. Most windows Ext2 drivers I have seen are either build from scratch or build from the OpenBSD source(Ext2/Ext3 specs are completely Open any company can write a driver to use it).
If it has Ext2 and Ext3 support Say that. Basicly that is what linux has Ext2/Ext3/... Support. A linux system is most commonly Installed on Ext3 but there are many other filesystems that work just fine in it Support List. Note if a better filesystem comes a long and a driver is created for Linux there will be a distro somewhere using it.
Note FreeBSD has elf support allowing it to run linux apps. Note the wording. That Elf format was created by Sun microsystems and Linux just happens to use it. As you will find with most parts in linux that there open standards created by other groups and used because they are the best fit for the job. So by claiming Linux Extentions in a lot of cases you can be cutting out IP credit that the ones who made that standard are due.
Basicly Ext2 and Ext3 is not Linux due to it being a part in many other Operating Systems. Basicly there is almost no Filesystem that is Linux own. Basicly some other Operating system will access it. Most windows Ext2 drivers I have seen are either build from scratch or build from the OpenBSD source.
If it has Ext2 and Ext3 support Say that. Basicly that is what linux has Ext2/Ext3/... Support. A linux system is most commonly Installed on Ext3 but there are many other filesystems that work just fine in it Support List. Note if a better filesystem comes a long and a driver is created for Linux there will be a distro somewhere using it.
SCO UNIX business - didn't work
SCO DOS business - who knows ?
Maybe they get lucky this time, so they would not
have to earn their salaries in court.
DG
Sue How can it have Linux extentions
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 30, 2004 09:22 PMLinux kernel is GPL licence. And this is plain and simple. Linux is a refence to the Linux Kernel and programs that run on the Linux kernel. Basic they have either nicked code or missused the Linux Trademark.
Either way they should be in it up to there neck.
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