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The Register: Linux Developers Ignoring SCO

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“New research indicates that SCO’s legal threat against Linux
may go down as the ‘shot ignored around the world.’

“Evans Data polled more than 400 software developers and found
that 70 percent of them are not too concerned about SCO’s IP
assault. The developers largely agreed that SCO’s actions will have
little bearing on whether or not they deploy Linux in their
enterprise. A paltry 12 percent of the respondents said that SCO
has scared them enough to kick their Linux habit.

“‘Developers seem unimpressed with the SCO lawsuit,’ said
Nicholas Petreley, an analyst with Evans Data in a statement. ‘They
are certainly not concerned enough to change their plans for Linux,
since only one out of ten are considering it a factor in their
adoption plans.’

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