SCO's claim against IBM raises issues which should be borne in mind by a potential licensee of an open source software product.
"Prior to IBM's involvement, Linux was the software equivalent of a bicycle. Unix was the software equivalent of a luxury car. "To make Linux acceptable to enterprise customers, it must be redesi...
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