[TriLUG] SCO turns litigation on Linux users now...

[Maria Winslow]

Even though it will all eventually probably go away, and Gartner knows that, 
it's still a problem when corporations are squeamish about making a change.

Maria

On Friday 16 May 2003 03:29 pm, Sinner from the Prairy wrote:
> On Friday 16 May 2003 03:16 pm, bp wrote:
> > SCO drops Linux, warns Linux users
> > Linux users may be liable for intellectual property violations
> > By Robert McMillan      May 15, 2003
> > http://infoworld.com/article/03/05/15/HNscowarns_1.html
>
> As I posted before:
>
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134724,00.html
>
> "Despite SCO's warning to businesses that their use of the open-source
> operating system may make them liable for breach of copyright, Meta Group
> is more positive"
>
> "Companies should proceed with current or planned Linux projects despite
> the SCO Group's move to curb usage of the popular open-source platform,
> says Dr Kevin McIsaac, research director for Asia-Pacific at Meta Group. "
>
>
>
>
> Salut,
> Sinner

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