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02 Mar 2004
Nine out of 10 Linux developers remain unconvinced that SCO's Linux lawsuit has any merits.
According to the spring 2004 Linux Development Survey conducted by Evans Data Corporation (EDC), just three per cent of developers believe SCO's claims to own the intellectual property on which Linux is based. A further five per cent said the claims warrant consideration.
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Nearly three in five companies claim to have evaluated the intellectual property risks of Linux, but only 13 per cent indicated that the lawsuit would either "absolutely" or "probably" affect their company's adoption.
"Most people realise that, by demanding licence fees, SCO want a court decision without actually trying the case, which is why their rants are met with jeers instead of fears," said Nicholas Petreley, Linux analyst at EDC, in a statement.
The survey also stated that Java is having a breakout year in Linux development.
"The open source Java-based Eclipse development environment has shown astonishing growth in the past few years, and Java-based NetBeans isn't far behind," added Petreley.
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