Fear, uncertainty, doubt at LinuxWorld
WinInfo | at | by Mike
LinuxWorld, the annual confab of open source advocates, opens this week in San Francisco with an unwanted shadow hanging over the event, the fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) instigated by SCO's $1 billion lawsuit against IBM. Typically, LinuxWorld events have been self-congratulatory affairs, with the Linux faithful celebrating its ever-increasing market- and mind-share, and various proponents opining that, yes, this indeed will be the year of the Linux desktop. This year, however, the underlying attitude is one of concern, though few vendors are willing to admit it publicly.