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Indemnification Roundup

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the watching-your-back dept.

Skapare writes "O'Reilly Network's LinuxDevCenter has a great article summarizing the indemnification possibilities for businesses considering switching to (or staying with) Linux. Author Tom Adelstein covers the business risk mitigation aspects of using Linux today, and details available indemnification offerings from Novell, HP, Red Hat, and OSRM. So why not print a copy and send it to your company CEO."

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  1. This could be great... by morgdx · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Without this indemnity SCO will carry on picking on smaller companies that use linux, who may pay up on the basis of licence<court costs*risk.

    With this indemnity, SCO will be just going to a few companies who are insuring the individual users. Here the equation would be reversed, and you will have effectively pooled the legal resources of all of the linux using companies.

    The insurer will have a lot more to lose in court, and a lot more resources with which to destroy SCO's arguments.

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