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New Survey Finds No Linux 'Chill' From SCO Suit

Posted by timothy on from the not-dignifying-their-question dept.

daddywonka writes "According to this article at internetnews.com, an upcoming survey from the Robert Frances Group shows that 'cost-savings and the General Public License, or GPL, are trumping any concerns about SCO Group's claim of copyright infringement within parts of Linux.' The survey only covers 15 companies. That doesn't seem very reassuring to me. Do any slashdotters have experience with their companies pulling the plug on Linux projects due to the SCO trial or is it business as usual?"

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  1. Re:No worries... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    they are able to make a convincing argument to management

    And that works on your planet? You people are alien!

  2. We use *BSD... by mattjb0010 · · Score: 5, Funny

    you insensitive clod! Yeah, I know SCO are talking about BSD now, thus proving they really are crazy.

  3. Real world example from UK by L-s-L69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A memo was sent by a manager (non techy) to my team leader (very techy) about the possibility of us having to pay linux license fees on our servers....his reaction "They can shove it" and "Im not f*cking paying anything to SCO".

  4. Business As Usual by Ed+Almos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Three AIX servers, thirty six Linux servers in two clusters, one happy team of system admins. If SCO ever come calling here they will be escorted from the building to the sound of our laughter.

    Ed

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  5. Chili? by avalys · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I first saw that headline, I thought "What the hell is a Linux Chili?"

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  6. Who's afraid of the big bad SCO? by Eggplant62 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who's afraid of the big bad SCO
    Big bad SCO, big bad SCO?
    Who's afraid of the big bad SCO?
    Mother F-ing Darl

    Who's afraid of the big bad SCO
    Big bad SCO, big bad SCO?
    Who's afraid of the big bad SCO?
    Mother F-ing Darl

    Darl is the windy wolf, the three little pigs are IBM, Redhat and Novell. Unfortunately, there were no straw or twigs used in this story, and the three little piggies are all laughing their asses off as Darl stands outside the door of the brick house, huffing and puffing about the validity of the GPL, the mysterious stolen code and Darl's hurt feelings because he tried a working relationship with IBM and it went sour.

    C'mon, Darl, let's see you huff and puff and blow the door down. I don't think you can do it!

  7. Re:SCO Employees reading slashdot by Molina+the+Bofh · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think they even read their own e-mail. I *STILL* did not receive any kind of answer to this message I sent through their website, more than one month ago:

    I am running linux and have not paid any copyright to SCO. I'd like to know if you are willing to sue Brazilians running Linux. If so, I'd like to be sued by you, but I have no clue on how to proceed. What info do you need to sue me ? Please let me know and I'll promptly provide you all the requested info. I am running it in just one machine, but am willing to run it in more machines if it increases my chances of being sued. This is a serious question, please reply.

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  8. Re:My plan by mr_z_beeblebrox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally top it off with a "linux is not unix" and hasn't been proven in a court of law to be anyway.

    Please no more recursive acronyms ;-)