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:IT Manager's Journal: SCO Suits Having a Chilling Effect on Open Source in Outsourcing
IT Manager's Journal: SCO Suits Having a Chilling Effect on Open Source in Outsourcing
Aug 3, 2004, 09 :00 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (7389 reads)

(Other stories by Sam Varghese)

"The copyright case that the SCO Group filed against IBM last year appears to have had one unanticipated effect outside of the realm of intellectual property. The lawsuit is making Indian outsourcing companies wary of going the open source route when they handle work for clients.

"Officials at Infosys in Bangalore, the most widely known among the myriad Indian outsourcing companies, told NewsForge that while the company's use of open source technologies for its clients was not significant at this point of time, the SCO case has had an impact.

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Why did Microsoft invest in SCO? That&#3 ...   Microsoft and their money..   
martin langsjoen
Aug 3, 2004, 10:31:43
 
> Why did Microsoft invest in SCO? That& ...   Re: Microsoft and their money..   
Bruce B.
Aug 3, 2004, 12:47:55
 
I'm sorry... but when the article sy ...   What Copyright Case?   
Dromedary
Aug 3, 2004, 13:07:40
 
just to think that the US citizens are l ...   just think..   
Pete
Aug 3, 2004, 13:26:48
 
IF these guys stick to proprietary softw ...   Good for jobs in the US   
Gabe
Aug 3, 2004, 15:17:20
 
I'm sorry... but when the article sy ...   Re: What Copyright Case?   
horne
Aug 3, 2004, 16:52:41
 
given the flip flops, misdirection and r ...   re: What Copyright Case?   
ba
Aug 3, 2004, 18:46:16
 
Actually, SCO did drop it from their lis ...   Re: What Copyright Case?   
Fred
Aug 3, 2004, 18:49:00
 
> Officials at Infosys in Bangalore, the ...   "Impact" ...   
R.L.
Aug 3, 2004, 20:22:31
 
The implied foreigner-bashing in some of ...   Love the foreign love here.   
sdfsdfsdf
Aug 3, 2004, 20:45:46
 
> > whoa!, thousand and one> night atmos ...   Re:   
Curious
Aug 3, 2004, 23:36:01
 
> native languageItalian is my *first* l ...   Re: Re:   
R.L.
Aug 4, 2004, 04:49:15
 
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