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To: LindyBill who wrote (11404)	10/8/2003 11:25:52 PM
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Going to warm up your Tanks? The Munich one has already shot -g- SCO Germany has been fined to pay 10,000 euro for claiming a copyright infringement by Linux contrary to a temporary injunction, a decision by the state court of Bavaria: heise.de I thought the article's point about companies want a layer of protection from lawsuits was a major one. Yes, it is. But companies which don't perceive the FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) for what it is deserve to fall prey to the next Windows virus epidemic -g- I don't want to come across as a Linux evangelist - this operating system isn't a solution for anything and everything. But more variety in the OS landscape would definitely be useful. Monocultures aren't healthy.