Despite SCO’s claims that IBM is using SCO source code in its Linux products, Big Blue is offering Linux for free to customers who are using its pSeries servers. The giveaway of a free license for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, limited to one per customer, might just be a marketing ploy, but it might also represent a show of confidence in the face of SCO’s claims on Linux, Aberdeen Group research director Bill Claybrook told TechNewsWorld. “Maybe they’re trying to show externally they’re not worried,” he said.
IBM Pushes Linux in Face of SCO Suit
Posted by: Jay Lyman July 25, 2003 01:42 PMDespite SCO’s claims that IBM is using SCO source code in its Linux products, Big Blue is offering Linux for free to customers who are using its pSeries servers. The giveaway of a free license for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, limited to one per customer, might just be a marketing ploy, but it might also represent a show of confidence in the face of SCO’s claims on Linux, Aberdeen Group research director Bill Claybrook told TechNewsWorld. “Maybe they’re trying to show externally they’re not worried,” he said.