SCO sets price, RH rallies troops

Finally reaching the height of their extortion of Linux users, SCO today set a price on their claims that Linux users are violating their copyrights. CNet reports: "Prices are steep, for a free operating system. Introductory prices include $199 to run Linux on a desktop PC and $699 to run it on a server with a single CPU. The server price jumps to $1,399 after the introductory period ends on Oct. 15. By comparison, Red Hat's standard version of desktop Linux sells for $39." Meanwhile, Red Hat, who has sued SCO over the mess, sent it's CEO Matthew Szulik to give a message to LinuxWorld attendees: We will prevail. The company also said it plans to assemble a package of Java-based open-source tools for building corporate Web applications which it will bundle with the OS.