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. Bill Gradwohl (817) 224-9400 x211 www.ycc.com SPAMstomper Protected Email
