A group of Australian techies have put together an analysis matrix\r\nof the likelyhood of each SCO Unix claim being true, and what outcome would most likely result if so. You will notice that the purported decision matrix (implying a logical document with conclusions deduced by scientifc logic from given hypotheses) says at the bottom of all possible outcomes 'linux is unaffected'.
In case you hadn't guessed, this is far from the logical document the name suggests, but really a portrayal of one person's viewpoint. The conclusion, namely that linux is unaffected in all cases is probably false, as I can think. Not because Linux contains some intellectual property of SCO - that statement is false - but because of the fear, uncertainty and doubt which has been seed. IBM will probably stretch this lawsuit out over a year, to let SCO bleed as much as possible. Alas, the damage to Linux may already have been done, in the way that many managers will be reluctant to deploy Linux.
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