:LinuxDevCenter: Looking for Indemnification While Linux Sales Double
LinuxDevCenter: Looking for Indemnification While Linux Sales Double Jul 1, 2004, 03 :15 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (5550 reads) (Other stories by Tom Adelstein)
"Little doubt exists; a legal cloud hangs over Linux from infringement claims of the SCO Group, Inc. In spite of that cloud, Linux server sales grew 56.9 percent in the first quarter of the year. Linux sales in 2004 follows six consecutive quarters of double-digit growth for the free operating system during unprecedented legal attacks from SCO over the same period.
"Linux success helped push all server growth to 7.3 percent according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. The contradictions of sales increases and legal uncertainties bring into question the degree of concern people actually feel about SCO's legal claims. One might say, if the defendants of the SCO suits don't see concern, why should I...?"
