[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“Microsoft is not benefiting from The SCO Group’s intellectual
property dispute with IBM despite the market uncertainty the legal
fiasco is creating. Microsoft Australia’s platform strategy manager
Martin Gregory has rejected claims the software giant is a
beneficiary of the dispute pointing out that software will continue
to be chosen on merits and Unix is now being replaced by Linux more
than Windows.“‘When considering operating system deployments, the key
characteristic is competition and it’s clear that Linux is
replacing high-end Unix systems, because the x86 architecture has a
better price-performance,’ he said…”