Novell deal good for Linux, bad for SCO
DCT Jared
jsmith at datacaptech.com
Thu Nov 6 16:01:14 CST 2003
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1147514
Jonathan Hutchins is referred to as an
evangelist in the following quote.
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Butler Group senior analyst Mike Davis saw IBM's investment as significant because the deal would
diminish SCO's impact on Linux.
"SuSE became more vulnerable after SCO, which has worldwide offices, pulled out of United Linux,"
he explained.
"IBM has a great need to maintain viable and strong [Linux] distributions. So a bit of me says this
is directly as a result of SCO's actions."
Barnett also felt that the deal showed SCO as no longer a threat. "Novell must have had its lawyers
pore over the deal. It has plainly taken a judgement that SCO's case has no merit. SCO is toast,"
he declared.
Butler added: "Novell will have to convince the more evangelical elements of the Linux community
that what it is doing with SuSE is nothing like what happened with Caldera. Novell has made its
position clear that it is part of the anti-SCO lobby."
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