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!"

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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 :)

And the other 9%?

[conway]

What are the other 9% thinking? Does anyone out there believe that SCO's and IBM's contractual dispute can do anything to make Linux liable in any way?
(Event SCO itself said that Linux users are not going to be liable in any case).
Its sad that some people are actually buying into this Microsoft-backed FUD.

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.

Re:And the other 9%?

[Angry Pixie]

There are people out there who do. I met some, but to be specific, the general consensus among them is that Linux is too risky to adopt because it's a stolen technology. Companies that use Linux could be punished for using an illegal product, Linux, and so ought not use it.

But you have to understand, people like these aren't idiots. They have only heard the sound bites just like the vast majority of corporate world that isn't in IS/IT. They lack the background knowledge of the issue as well as the technical knowledge to be able to make an informed judgment.

I still don't believe this is Microsoft-backed FUD. I haven't read any statements from MS that say "see, we told you so." Sure Microsoft benefits, but so does Apple, UNIX vendors who don't want to see Linux takeover, and Amiga users... Yes, Amiga users, they just sit there so smug...

Like this wasn't obvious

[ad0gg]

When Rambus started suing DDR ram manufactors. Did it effect the DDR ram market? No. When MS was sued for antitrust violations did it effect their market? No.

9% is a lot

[DNS-and-BIND]

I'd be more interested in the 9% of people who said the suit *is* affecting their decisions. What are the reasons behind that response?

Re:9% is a lot

[bninja_penguin]

Well, it's not like I am a manager or anything, and I already run Linux on my PCs, but my Linux plans DID change when SCO started their campaign. I now tell everybody they should consider switching TO Linux, and I tracked down some old versions of it that run on Macintosh 680x0s with hardly any RAM. (I have 32 Macs, most are like LCIIIs, or the like, not many Power PCs) so I can get every single system of mine to run nothing but Linux. I have an Alpha box w/ a dead power supply, but I have a distro of Linux ready to go on it. I've got some Amigas, an AS/400, and enough PC parts to build probably 20 more systems, which, before SCOs thingy, were just sitting in the garage, but now are being assembled, just so I can put Linux on them. I got four systems at work dual booting, and three running nothing but Linux.

Before SCO brought up their little vendetta against Linux, I had two PCs at home running Linux, and one at work dual booting.
So, yeah, it did change my plans. I was content to use my lowly three systems of Linux, but by the years end, I'll have at least 55 running Linux, all but 4 will be NOTHING but Linux!
What do you think about that, Daryl??

Funny

[The Bungi]

I've read many comments here and in other forums complaining about clients and bosses citing the SCO mess as a reason to put off Linux implementations/rollouts/development. All one needs to do is look through all the SCO articles posted in the past month or so.

I guess that goes to show you - 56.2% of all statistics are untrue.

Incomplete Data

[SamBC]

That survey is of course meaningless unless we can link it to peoples pre-existant deployment plans. If they weren't planning to deploy linux anyway, it doesn't mean much.

Just an obvious point - it's still better than a lot of people saying that they plan to stop using it.

Where I work...

[wilfie]

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

just ask the RIAA

[noah_fense]

RIAA: ignored music piracy until it was too late. now is trying to regain ground.

SCO: Missed the technology boom, now trying to regain ground.

How do EITHER of these mindless organizations think they will succeed?

-n

Subject never came up

[barcodez]

My company is currently porting our flagship product to Linux (just runs on one commercial Unix based OS at the moment) this is due to overwelming requests for a Linux version from our bluschip client base. The SCO issue has not had the slightest effect on our plans or our clients.

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.