MS TomTom suit not slowing embedded Linux

Mar 13, 2009, 06:03 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Jay Lyman)

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"...I believe previous challenges to the IP of the Linux kernel--both in the courtroom and the public arena -- indicate the open source operating system is sound in both body and spirit. I am reminded of a poignant statement from former OSDL executive director Stuart Cohen (who now heads enterprise collaboration play CSI. As the SCO case against IBM and Linux and the world was in its seventh death stage, Cohen argued SCO's case and allegations over Linux did more to bolster the enterprise credibility and acceptability of Linux than anything else."

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