Some Lessons from the SCO Debacle

"If any bookmaker is offering good odds on the SCO Group surviving into 2009, it may well be worth a punt. After the company filed for bankruptcy on Friday, there aren't many who will bank on the company being around that long.

"The main lesson that the SCO debacle should teach--and I use the word should advisedly--is that FOSS developers, who are often painted as some kind of rabble, understand intellectual property and actually understand it damn well..."

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