In this column published by the National Post of Canada, Wynn Quon, a chief technology analyst at Legado Associates, suggests that the SCO threat against Linux is likely to be defeated, and, as a result, will serve to provide a useful validation of Linux and its GPL license.

“SCO's challenge of IBM's use of its software is not a threat to the open-source Linux operating system. If fact, SCO is a toad about to face a steamroller,” comments Quon. “Running a gauntlet of lawsuits is often the price of success in the corporate world. But with its powerful allies and with proper stewardship of its intellectual property issues, the future of Linux remains outstandingly bright. SCO may be the first in what could be a long line of legal assaults. But Linux will most assuredly get stronger with each attack, and that is hardly a cause for alarm.”

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