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. > > > Bill Gradwohl > (817) 224-9400 x211 > www.ycc.com > SPAMstomper Protected Email > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
