The INQUIRER has it: what have SCO's lawsuuits done for Linux?

From: Stanley Long <slong@customcpu.com>
Date: Tue Mar 16 2004 - 12:16:47 AKST

SCO acts as Microsoft shill to attack Linux
        http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14707
Charlie Demerjian: Saturday 13 March

Then came the SCO suit. What happened? Business Week covered Linux.
Forbes covered Linux. The New York Times covered it. The Wall Street
Journal covered it. Everyone covered it. Not weird fringe outfits, but
mainstream financial and news press all covered it.

What was the net effect of this? Let's see, the way I look at it, how
many C-level executives were hit with the clue stick? Lets see, Banc of
America uses Linux, DaimlerChrysler uses Linux, AutoZone uses Linux, and
other names bandied about use it successfully. Before the suit, what
percentage of execudrones could have told you that? How about after? MS
just bought Linux a lot more than $100 million in advertising. Rather
than slow down Linux adoption, I bet it speeded it up, a lot.

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