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Open Source, Closed Minds: Page 2 of 2

What does this mean to you? You may have to upgrade, but Linux isn't going anywhere. IBM may be forced to pay SCO something, but I doubt it. Claims that SCO doesn't own the intellectual property in question, combined with its failure to provide specific examples in the nearly three months since it filed suit, make this case seem weak.

Continue to make your buying decisions based on what's best for your organization. This suit will work itself out, and the result will not spell the demise of the open-source movement.

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