From: Joe Barr 




Linux Users Standing Fast Despite SCO Legal Threats, InternetWeek Readers Say


http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12800009


By  Mitch Wagner


SCO's Linux lawsuit and threats seem to be having little affect on IT
managers except to make them angry. Fully 91 percent of people responding
to an InternetWeek Reader Question said they will not change their Linux
deployment plans as a result of SCO's actions.

The response was overwhelming, and much of it was pretty angry. We received
2,172 responses to the question, which is about ten times our normal
response rate. We asked:

    SCO recently issued a warning to commercial Linux users, threatening
    to sue over violations of SCO's intellectual property. SCO owns the
    intellectual property behind Unix; the company sued IBM in March,
    charging that IBM illegally used Unix source code in Linux
    distributions. On May 14, SCO said commercial users, too, could be
    liable for intellectual property violations. So do you plan to reduce
    your Linux deployment, or eliminate Linux entirely from your
    organization, as a result of SCO's threats?

# Yes, we're reducing our Linux deployment, eliminating Linux entirely --
or at least we're thinking about it: 9 percent.

# No, SCO's threats are having no effect on our plans: 91 percent.


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