Firm jumps into SCO legal maelstrom by claiming immunity from it; announcement cites 2001 business agreement with Caldera giving Lindows.com technology for product initiatives in return for considerations. [The Register]

Will protect its Linux customers, defending them in court at HP's cost, will indemnify users buying servers, workstations if they are sued by SCO. HP is first major sever vendor to protect customer base on serious hardware. [The Register]

Main item of note for tour is premier sponsor: HP. Last week, HP jumped ahead of IBM and Dell to say it will protect users from SCO if they face court battle over Linux use, if they agree to use unmodified Linux versions. [The Register]

HP appeared as premier sponsor on SCO City-to-City Tour Web site, logo was displayed well and fully, showing their backing SCO October user conference tour. Then, a few hours later, HP banner vanished. [The Register]

Eben Moglen, Professor of Law, Columbia University, FSF pro bono general counsel for last decade, says no need to fear GPL being tested in US Court, astonished by latest SCO legal tactic to reject GPL validity. [The Register]

Amazon.com changes to Linux and reaps savings.

Which OS is better for "Harry Homeowner" to install and use?

Register article by a Newsforge regular about the "market share" of popular Operating Systems.

Does Redmond fear Linux is ready for prime time?

IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, Hitachi co-operate on corporate Linux code. From The Register.