Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 12th Mar 2003 20:31 UTC
SCO's lawsuit filed in Utah last week claims that IBM integrated computer code belonging to another company into the Linux operating system, touching off speculation that the lawsuit could hurt other Linux companies, including Red Hat, the country's largest distributor of the software. Red Hat isn't involved in the dispute, but some analysts say that the Raleigh-based company won't be able to escape the fallout. "It's kind of irrelevant who wins the lawsuit," said Victor Raisys, analyst with Soundview Technology Group in San Francisco. "You can't take back the fact that someone has tried to claim intellectual property on Linux. The genie is out of the bottle."
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Quote Marcel:
American "justice" is dumb like their president...
I think we have enough biggotry and hatred going on in the world without a**holes like you making insulting comments about another country (whether it's true on not). This isn't the forum for this kind of BS.
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No matter what the outcome, I think some damage has already been done. Companies that were previously evaluating OSS like GNU/Linux might now be holding off or rethinking their choices. This whole lawsuit has put just enough FUD out there to make people hesitate, and I think that is the worst part that will only be compounded as this suit drags on for x amount of time.