[Luni]-understanding the Linux/SCO court case

[Larry Garfield]

Martin Maney wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 10:18:31AM -0500, ed-luni at inkdroid.org wrote:
> 
>>Not that I don't enjoy a good laugh, but I found this piece to be right on 
>>this morning:
> 
> 
> Dvorak is good as long as you remember that he's in the entertainment
> business, and always has been.

Back when I still read PC Mag, I considered him one of the most 
intelligent columnists/commentators in the industry.

That is, of course, damning with faint praise, but still. :-)

I'm not that concerned about the courts going ape and shutting Linux 
down.  That's highly unlikely.  What I AM worried about is PHBs seeing 
this and turning right back around to Microsoft, because "at least that 
rug won't be sued out from under us."

 From a philisophical standpoint, this case is probably the best 
argument in favor of Open Source ever.  (This whole thing is nonsense, 
go GNU!)  From a pragmatic standpoint, it could be a huge PR disaster 
for FS/OSS, even if we win in court.

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