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1/10 say SCO Impacts Adoption of Linux
Only One in Ten Linux Developers Said the SCO Lawsuit will Adoption of Linux in Their Companies

http://www.evansdata.com/n2/pr/releases/linux_sco.shtml
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SANTA CRUZ, CA, August 4, 2003 -

A new survey of Linux developers has found that they are overwhelmingly unconcerned about the SCO lawsuit regarding the intellectual property rights of the core Unix code that sits at the center of Linux. Of more than 400 developers focused on Linux development more than 70% said that the SCO lawsuit will "probably not" or "absolutely not" impact their companies decision to use Linux, 12% said that the lawsuit will affect adoption plans and 17% had no opinion.

More than three quarters of developers who believe that Linux is ready for mission critical applications are not going to have their adoption plans impacted by the SCO lawsuit.

"Developers seem unimpressed with the SCO lawsuit, they are certainly not concerned enough to change their plans for Linux, since only one out of ten are considering it a factor in their adoption plans," said Nicholas Petreley, Evans Data's Linux analyst, "It is also interesting to note that KDE has taken a statistically significant lead in use and deployment after running neck and neck with GNOME for the past three years."

Other notable findings from the July 2003 survey include:

*Linux users are finding it as easy to migrate their applications from Windows to Linux as from Unix to Linux. Within the first six months 45% of Unix application migrations to Linux have been completed and 47% of Windows application migrations have been completed.

*KDE is in use by 65% of survey respondents and GNOME is being used by 56% of respondents indicating that a good portion of developers use both desktop environments but KDE has moved ahead of GNOME for the first time.


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The playing field for Linux is far from decided with 36% of developers preferring commercial versions of Linux and 15% choosing a non-commercial version. The majority of developers, however, are undecided with 49% saying it doesn't matter.
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I wonder.....  Ployd_Farker | 01/28/04
Mike Cox is having lunch with his MS rep  Taz_z | 01/28/04
In Aspen?  IT_User | 01/28/04
Nope...He cant be  nite_w0lf | 01/28/04
LOL(nt)  el1jones | 01/28/04
It won't be  Squawkbox | 01/28/04
Oh...  BitTwiddler | 01/28/04
And this means what?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/28/04
You must have missed this part  Taz_z | 01/28/04
Taz, Taz...  Martin Marvinski | 01/29/04
Nice stretch...  Patrick Jones | 01/28/04
false sense of security  stephen732@... | 01/28/04
Hey, you always seem to listen to the linux polls  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
Are there such polls?  IT_User | 01/28/04
1/10 say SCO Impacts Adoption of Linux  David Mohring | 01/29/04
That small businesses lack resources  IT_User | 01/28/04
I tend to agree on that IT_User.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/28/04
And this means what?  NoB$ | 01/28/04
Does this bother you for some reason?  voska | 01/28/04
It may be an indicator  doctormoriarty | 01/29/04
Y  Martin Marvinski | 01/29/04
Y  Martin Marvinski | 01/29/04
We'll see.  John L. Ries | 01/29/04
More cracks in the MS shell  nite_w0lf | 01/28/04
Microsoft is dying?  George Jay | 01/28/04
Of course..where have you been?  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
...meanwhile, back in reality...  LightningShrike | 01/28/04
Re: Innovation  Rabid Conservative | 01/30/04
I hate to burst your bubble  George Jay | 01/28/04
rome  Rembrandt Pussyhorse | 01/28/04
Smooth Talk?  AbsolutelyNot | 01/28/04
And for every smart company like yours ...  George Jay | 01/28/04
You're not seeing the big picture.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/28/04
You're not seeing the big picture  George Jay | 01/29/04
Re: New Product  Rabid Conservative | 01/30/04
Enron was showing excellent profitability  km4hr@... | 01/28/04
Creative Accounting ...  George Jay | 01/28/04
It's not just the license fees....  Jose Jimenez | 01/28/04
BSA tactics backfiring...  rkhalloran | 01/28/04
The BSA, Microsoft and the definition of Extortion  David Mohring | 01/29/04
I find many  JWatson77 | 01/28/04
yes but...  stephen732@... | 01/28/04
Too Bad  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
I expect we'll see a survey soon to contradict this one  George Jay | 01/28/04
Full Contradiction  agramont@... | 01/29/04
Microsoft Stole a $10 DomainName from a 17 Year Old...  claytonmuhler | 01/28/04
Um, no they didn't...  BitTwiddler | 01/28/04
The original lawsuit threat was a knee-jerk reaction  AbsolutelyNot | 01/28/04
Free Training for MS Product = A Bad Addiction  brenthawkinsmd | 01/29/04
Re: Um, no they didn't...  Rabid Conservative | 01/30/04
Incorect terminology  nite_w0lf | 01/28/04
innovation  LightningShrike | 01/28/04
Although...  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
Standards don't innovate...  IT_User | 01/28/04
That's close, but not quite correct  George Jay | 01/28/04
re: innovation  dwest_z | 01/28/04
LOL  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
Linux innovation  paul@... | 01/28/04
Like Corel and Lotus Smartsuite  FilledOut | 01/30/04
you have it all wrong  ryusen | 01/28/04
Wary, maybe. Weary, definitely  Franklin_z | 01/28/04
They should be wary...  nograin | 01/28/04
Doesn't tell the whole story  Chad_z | 01/28/04
I agree...  nograin | 01/28/04
Advantage, big business  IT_User | 01/28/04
I would bet on small and medium business  el1jones | 01/28/04
Yes, I remember that  IT_User | 01/28/04
Remember the "LAN story"  Xunil_Sierutuf | 01/28/04
I long for the day...  wease2000 | 01/28/04
My rep is closing business left and right..  Mike Cox | 01/29/04
Typo?  Robert Crocker | 01/29/04
Ah, you beat me to it! (NT)  IT_User | 01/29/04
Most welcome evidence...  FederalistPaperBoy | 01/29/04
I'm particularly wary...  Yen_z | 01/29/04
no ax to grind - no comment on this one  cvos | 01/29/04

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