SCO tries more open source: SCAMP
The SCO Group, reviled among open-source software aficionados for lawsuits alleging that Linux is filled with proprietary Unix technology, announced on Monday a new open-source software collection called SCAMP.
SCAMP is the Lindon, Utah-based company's take on a widely used open-source software collection called LAMP. LAMP combines Linux with the Apache Web server, MySQL database and the PHP, Perl or Python scripting languages; SCAMP substitutes SCO's Open Server version of Unix instead of Linux.
The product costs $999 for a license permitting five users to access the server, a price that includes one year of support for SCO OpenServer and MySQL database. SCO signed a support partnership with MySQL in September, a partnership that contrasted with its legal assertion that the General Public License (GPL) that governs MySQL is unconstitutional and violates various United States laws.
Stephen Shankland writes about a wide range of technology and products, but has a particular focus on browsers and digital photography. He joined CNET News in 1998 and since then also has covered Google, Yahoo, servers, supercomputing, Linux and open-source software, and science. E-mail Stephen, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/stshank. 
