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Actually, just the opposite.
Consider that at the faintest hint of a legal problem, the open source "community" has reacted very strongly and is investing MILLIONS in legal defenses.

It has also forced all the players to change a good deal of their marketing strategy and has shifted at least some of Red Hat's steam to other players. Additionaly it is starting to force a fragmentation of Linux as each distro jockeys their offerings/mix to avoid possible problems with SCO.

No, this doesn't upset Microsoft in the least.
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Microsoft has to just hate this.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Linux Advocates have to just hate this  chrichton99 | 01/12/04
I'm still waiting  dscherf | 01/12/04
Hey, you use MS products and your are already screwed.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Users of Linux stand to get sued?  IT_User | 01/12/04
Have you ever heard of Timeline?  Taz_z | 01/13/04
Have they ever sued a Microsoft customer?  StorageGuru | 01/13/04
Stop using facts!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/13/04
facts? bwahaHaHAHA (nt)  stephen732@... | 01/13/04
Cool off sonny  Taz_z | 01/13/04
Perhaps re-read the article  Richard Flude | 01/13/04
To answer  dscherf | 01/13/04
How so?  doe_z | 01/13/04
I'd smile too  AV8TR | 01/13/04
95% of Cash to Novell  rgriffith64@... | 01/13/04
Actually, just the opposite.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/13/04
Could you explain...  doe_z | 01/13/04
Simple, MS doesn't hate it at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/13/04
Okay, that one lost me.  Damon K | 01/13/04
The indemnification is just a pie in the sky  pa2004 | 01/12/04
If SCO wins the case!!!  IT_User | 01/12/04
An honest suggestion  OhMyGosh | 01/13/04
Assuming SCO wins.  doe_z | 01/13/04
Assuming SCO ever files suit  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/13/04
Novell is coming home to roast the rooster!  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
I dont know who will win  Kamakazii | 01/12/04
Not to mention the hessitation of companies because of SCO's threats  NemesisNL | 01/13/04
Yes, there are clear winners  IT_User | 01/13/04
You may be right!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/13/04
So what happens in the off off chance SCO wins in court  FilledOut | 01/13/04
So far off as to hardly merit consideration  IT_User | 01/13/04
Novell gets 95%  rgriffith64@... | 01/13/04
They will pay it back to IBM when they lose the patent suit  Taz_z | 01/13/04
May this is just a PR move  nite_w0lf | 01/13/04
Novell can waive enforcement  rgriffith64@... | 01/13/04
Betting against SCO  George Mitchell | 01/13/04
Legal Gamming...  MG_z | 01/13/04
When does "show me the code" happen?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/13/04
Yesterday  rgriffith64@... | 01/13/04
January 12  dscherf | 01/13/04
what about the poor men  jreek | 04/19/04

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