CNET News: Torvalds, Linux Users Unfazed by SCO Suits | Linux Today

CNET News: Torvalds, Linux Users Unfazed by SCO Suits

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Stephen Shankland
Mar 4, 2004

“The SCO Group’s lawsuits against two Linux users this week sent
ripples through the Linux universe, but not much in the way of
fear.

“Legal experts expect many Linux customers to grow more nervous
as a result of SCO’s suits against AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler,
but Howard Feiock, systems administrator for Baraboo, Wis.-based
dairy cooperative Foremost Farms USA, is not among them.

“‘I don’t think that SCO has a case. I am just waiting for the
case to be thrown out and for SCO to subsequently go out of
business,’ said Feiock, whose business uses Linux for screening
e-mail for viruses and is testing Oracle business software. ‘For
our organization, we have no plans to discontinue use of Linux in
our environment whatsoever…'”

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