Occasionally when a file system is having problems at boot it is mounted read only. You can see read/write permissions but even root can't write to the system.

Litigation between IBM and disgraced UNIX vendor SCO is set to be reactivated, Groklaw reports. The lawsuits, which were subject to an automatic stay imposed by the bankruptcy court, will now go ...

IBM continues to distribute AIX, and the question of whether it breached its System V Unix agreement is now the subject of a $3 billion lawsuit. Prior to revoking IBM’s Unix license, SCO sued ...

However, in late December, Novell, which bought Unix from AT&T before selling at least some of the intellectual property to a SCO predecessor, disputed SCO's claims of Unix copyright ownership.

SCO is already seeking more than $3 billion in damages from IBM, and has already revoked IBM’s license to distribute its AIX operating system, which is based on Unix source code controlled by SCO.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More doubts have been cast on the heritage of System V Unix code, which the SCO Group claims as its own, by an Australian who runs ...