[HiTech RedNeck]

At worst someone else, perhaps in a different country, will pick up the Linux torch. It will be a classic case of corporate slaying of their golden goose.

[Bush2000]

At worst someone else, perhaps in a different country, will pick up the Linux torch. It will be a classic case of corporate slaying of their golden goose.

If SCO succeeds in seizing the golden goose, you might as well stick a fork in Linux. Granted, that's a longshot. But it's worthy of speculation. The only reason that Linux has gotten where it has in the past few years isn't because of hackers writing code in their free time; it's because of investment by large corporate sponsors like IBM (and [sic] SCO). It won't matter whether Linux goes offshore. It would be a pariah. And anybody who distributes it openly would get their ass sued.