Gartner: SCO's Legal Fees Could Jeopardize Its Software Business [LWN.net]

Gartner: SCO's Legal Fees Could Jeopardize Its Software Business

Posted Nov 20, 2003 22:18 UTC (Thu) by mmarq (guest, #2332)
Parent article: Gartner: SCO's Legal Fees Could Jeopardize Its Software Business

"Therefore, SCO will likely pursue claims against Linux users quickly"

Why dont the Gartner Group, put the things as they are, that is, because of shortage of funds, SCO will recur to extorting linux users...
Which by the way i really think is not possible, since unless they have a court rule of some sort, any selling of Linux licences, today, is a fraud, even if, in an impossible scenario, SCO is give right tomorow.

So the conclusion should have being obvious, consedering that IBM trial is going to happen in 2005:

"Therefore, SCO is an empty shell heading for bankruptcy, and that might not be alive by the time the IBM trial finishes."

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Gartner: SCO's Legal Fees Could Jeopardize Its Software Business

Posted Nov 21, 2003 14:14 UTC (Fri) by walterbyrd (guest, #11620) [Link]

>>Why dont the Gartner Group, put the things as they are, that is, because of shortage of funds, SCO will recur to extorting linux users...<<

Because Gartner Group is indirectly owned by msft. Gartner is trying to appear objective. But the article tries to make it seem as if scox is a credible threat, and because of scox it is very risky to use linux.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34123.html

from /.
"George Weiss of Gartner has published a paper with some interesting recommendations regarding SCO. They include
1) Keep a low profile and do not divulge details on Linux deployments.
2) Until a judgment in a case would unequivocally warrant it, Linux users should not pay SCO the license fees it has asked for to settle its allegations of infringement of intellectual property rights.
3) Do not permit SCO to audit your premises without legal authorization.
4) For customers of SCO Open Server and UnixWare, an unfavorable judgment could cause SCO to cease operations or sell itself. That could harm future support and maintenance. Just in case, prepare a plan for migrating to another platform within two years."

This /. comment hits the nail on the head.

"Thanks, Gartner....
Maybe next month they can do a helpful piece on not paying a parking ticket until you've been issued one, and then only if it was issued by a real Dept. of Traffic officer, and not some homeless guy who wrote the citation on a napkin."