Maybe, but....

Maybe, but....

Posted Jul 25, 2003 17:26 UTC (Fri) by llywrch (guest, #9903)
In reply to: Maybe, but.... by ccchips
Parent article: SCO License Fees Would Hurt Linux Market (ZDNet)

People have been advising against use of Linux for years. Amazingly, I can't think of anyone who is claiming that the SCO lawsuit threatens Linux users who weren't in that group that has been advising against Linux. (Well, there's Laura DiDio, but I had never heard of her before she chimed in on the lawsuit.)

Back in high school, my science teacher repeated the cynical observation that for any new scientific theory to be accepted, you have to wait for all of the old scientists to die. It apparently applies to adopting Open Source software; almost all of its current critics apparently will refuse to acknowledge it as a viable solution to their death beds, no matter what the evidence is.

Geoff

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