Will SCO kill Linux?

Dunno if any of you are following this, but SCO has laid claims to important parts of the UNIX code used in Linux. SCO has already sent out letters to major businesses informing them they should seek legal advice in regards to their use of Linux. In addition, they have a 1billion dollar lawsuit against IBM concerning their use of Linux.

It appears SCO is trying to cash in on the popularity of Linux. By doing so, they may end the whole open source concept by charging for the use of Linux.

I'm not a user of Linux, but I think this whole thing stinks like roadkill of a one week old skunk in 90 degree heat. :P

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I doubt they'll hurt open source too much, but they will slow down Linux for sure, in its development mostly, allowing MS to outpace it further. I don't know about anyone else, but I'd like to see Linux go mainstream as soon as I can.

90 degree heat? When's it get that cold? :P

I don't know if development will necessarily be stifled too much (though I can see how it might be). Though linux has developed without much market share for a long time, and I don't see that stopping anytime soon. I do see linux adoption being impacted by this though. However, if Linux does hold up as a good alternative to Win in the office, then once this SCO thing gets straightened out, companies can again move to linux without legal worries, it'll just depend on how funds are distributed among IBM, SCO, etc.