Few Companies Change Linux Plans Despite SCO Suit

gaurab writes "A survey on Internetweek says 'SCO's Linux lawsuit and threats seem to be having little affect on IT managers except to make them angry. Fully 91 percent of people responding to an InternetWeek Reader Question said they will not change their Linux deployment plans as a result of SCO's actions.' The article is also available at Yahoo!"

Comments

Still not using linux

[bathmatt]

Fully 91 percent of people responding to an InternetWeek Reader Question said they will not change their Linux deployment plans as a result of SCO's actions.

Yeah, they still are not going to use linux :)

Where I work...

[wilfie]

... we've been much to busy uninstalling AIX to worry about linux.

read the survey!

[painehope]

%19 of respondents answered that they had kicked the last remaining SCO box in the server room repeatedly when the law suit was announced.

of that %19, %100 said noone noticed, even when the SCSI disks gave a last, belated whine and emitted the magic smoke.

another %6 answered that, after numerous beers on a friday night, they had actually urinated on their last remaining SCO server.

of those %6, %35 admitted to accidentally hitting the power supply.

of that %35, %15 said it was the best thrill they had in the past year. The other %65 just clutched their genitalia while answering the question.

Re:And the other 9%?

[jared_hanson]

The other 9% had not yet seen the "decision matrix" that demonstrated clearly, and without any bias, that "Linux is unaffected" in all cases. If they had seen this matrix prior to taking part in the poll, they would have answered differently. At the time, however, they still had concerns that were being looked into.

Please be aware that some companies are not yet aware of this decision matrix, or, worse, have formulated their own that does not come to the same conclusion. Please spread the word.