News from PANUG/BizNix - May 27, 2003 http://panug.org - http://biznix.org MORE ON SCO by Alan Spaeth A devastatingly good position paper by Eric Raymond and the Open Source Initiative on SCO's suit is available at http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html Among other things, Raymond argues that SCO bases its claims on a deceptive false history of the development of the *nixes and on the equally false notion that Linux includes features stolen from the original Bell Labs code and/or SCO OpenServer and/or UnixWare when those features simply weren't (or still aren't) in any code which SCO arguably owns. Describing SCO's suit using terms like "materially false", "very carefully crafted to deceive", "outright lying", and "brazen mendacity", the next to last paragraph sums it all up: "We further suggest that SCO's compaint is knowingly deceptive to a degree that recommends sanctions under the Utah and Federal Rule 11 of Civil Procedure." Highly recommended. NOVELL LINUX CERTIFICATION A recent press release announces that Novell intends to offer a Linux certification for their upcoming NetWare on Linux product. Their certification will be based on the LPI certification. To become Novell/Linux certified, you'll probably have to pass the LPI Linux tests and then take the Novel-specific test. MORE LEARNING LINUX The Linux certification course that begins next Monday teaches you how to pass the LPI certification tests as well as the Comptia Linux+ and the SAIR/GNU Linux certification. We've been asked if people can take portions of the course. The answer is yes. There's no need to take Linux Basics if you already know the subject. Contact ALC at 503-635-6370 for details. In case you missed last week's anouncement for the course, here it is again: PANUG and BizNix are hosting a 5-day/5-week course that will get you up to speed on Linux. It works like this: You attend a classroom session every Monday for five weeks. On the other days of the week, you're using your own computer (or one that is loaned to you) to go through directed, hands-on exercises that help reinforce what you learned in the classroom. These exercises take from about 4 to 8 hours each week. You set your own pace and learn as much detail as you like. One goal of the course is to teach you enough so that you can pass any of the four Linux certification programs. For course details, checkout http://panug.org/16 DISCLAIMER PANUG and BizNix welcome contributions from all members. Member contributions do not necessarily represent the official positions of PANUG or BizNix. If you don't contribute, the views of members that contribute frequently may appear to be the official position of the group(s).