RE: SCO versus Linux

["Antonio Gallardo" <shrike agsoftware dnsalias com>]

Bill Gradwohl dijo:
> Everyone that is concerned about what SCO is doing should look at the
> bigger picture.
>
> There is a huge portion of the world now using Linux. Linux has made
> inroads into government IT departments in many places. Corporations in
> many countries rely on Linux to provide a secure inexpensive alternative
> to the Microsoft Tax.
>
> If you look at Linux outside the US, I'd say there is no turning back
> for those IT departments regardless of what US courts may decide. Many
> countries are going to be very reluctant to cut their own throats and
> that of their corporate partners, especially during these tough economic
> times.
>
> Therefore, even assuming SCO is right, it won't do them any good except
> possibly in the US, and then just short term. Again, assuming the worst
> for Linux in the US, all it would do is make the US less competitive in
> world markets if, by law, Microsoft gets its way and raises eveyones IT
> costs while providing overseas hackers with their OS that's easier to
> crack. That's the last thing we need now, but it doesn't spell the end
> of Linux.
>
> Should SCO get its way in US courts, which I doubt, it would balkanize
> the worlds IT departments against the US and Microsoft. A SCO/Microsoft
> win here could cost them dearly in the rest of the world. Trying to kill
> Linux using the courts isn't going to work. I believe it will backfire
> on both SCO and Microsoft when the dust clears regardless of any court
> outcome. Linux will get stronger because of SCO's actions.
>
> Relax - its a tempest in a tea pot.
>
>
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