Gartner Says Delay Linux Deployment Due to SCO

Sridhar writes "SCO's legal threats have prompted Gartner Group to recommend that companies delay deployment of critical Linux applications, determine "whether Unix or Windows will provide functions equivalent to those of Linux deployments", and take a "go-slow" approach to Linux in high-value or mission-critical production systems."

Comments

Evidence?

[DeathPenguin]

Can this be used as evidence in counter-suits as many companies offering Linux can now say they've seen substantial losses due to SCO FUD?

Love the disclaimer!

[TopShelf]

* In the interests of balance, Register analysts strongly recommend that customers ignore all this shit on the grounds that one way or another it'll go away. Warning: The Register's analytical reputation can go down as well as up, and frankly we're not entirely sure about that "up".

PHB

[scrotch]

The Gartner Group provide Pointy Haired Advice to Pointy Haired Bosses.

Delay, my A$$

[PaulK]

I absolutely refuse to delay any deployment of Linux.

By submitting to the FUD, we have allowed the terrorists to win.

I, for one, will not surrender, will not buckle to extortion, and will never concede to SCO, or any other company that thinks they can control what I put on my servers, through litigation.

As far as I know, there has been no legal action on the part of SCO against any user or corporation that employs Linux. All they have done is threaten.

How much did they pay you, Gardner? Did they threaten you too?

We don't just delete spam, we delete spammers.

Gartner could be replaced by a 5 line script

[tjstork]

sleep( rand() % 1000000 );

printf( "we recommend you stick with windows.\n" ); // thanks bill gates for this sweet job

Weather by the Gartner group

[siskbc]

You couldn't be more correct on the fact that they'll say whatever they're paid to. God what a job they have - getting paid to prognosticate future trends and they don't have to be right. Kind of like being a weather man - when was the last time a weather man was fired for being wrong?

Good analogy, but I'd go even further - these guys are much worse than weather men. If they did weather it would be like this:

"And your 5:00 weather brought to you by ACME umbrellas...I predict rain! Monsoons, floods, hurricanes, typhoons! Start building that fscking ark, people, it's gonna raid for a solid month!"

30 minutes later...

"And now for the 6:00 weather, brought to you by SAV-EYES sunglasses...it's gonna be a hot one tomorrow! Remember that SPF 2000000 sunscreen, because it's gonna be insta-cancer out there! Don't even think of going outside! Expect the sun to bake all life out of the earth, leaving a smoking crater by the end of the week. We could all be dead by the end of the month!"

*That* is what you'd get if those asshats did weather. Frikkin' shills.

Please do...

[po8]

I'm a CS Prof, not a CEO/CIO. If I were the latter, I would be sending out the following letter:

Dear Competitor of My Company:

The Gartner Group has recently come out with a report that you should definitely be aware of [url]. Gartner recommends that you "go slow" with Linux. As your competitor, I urge you to seriously consider that approach.

We currently plan to ignore the Gartner Group advice, and move to Linux and related Free/Open software as quickly as possible. Please believe us when we say that the likely resulting legal problems should put us at a huge competitive disadvantage relative to your more cautious organization. Trust us when we say that the putative low cost, high quality, and ability to control risk attributed to the Linux platform is over-hyped. By avoiding Linux, you aren't missing much---honest.

We're about to make the mistake of using freely available source code maintained by dedicated teams of volunteer developers to power our enterprise. We encourage you, dear competitor, not to make the same mistake: we'd hate to see you miss the opportunity to beat us out.

Sincerely,

The CEO