SCO-oikeudesta poimittua

Oikeuden pöytäkirjojen mukaan SCO-Novell-oikeudenkäynnin valituista n. 50:stä aika moni näyttää käyttäneen Linuxia.

"24 Would you briefly give your jury number and tell
25 us how you know what it is, what it is that generated your
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1 familiarity with it.
2 JUROR NO. 3: Juror number three, XXXXXX XXXXX. I
3 have not worked with the system. It is an open-coded system
4 that’s an operating system. There are, I know, some basic
5 setups so those users that aren’t programmers can use it. A
6 lot of my friends have actually started using the Linux
7 software instead of Windows. I have very little contact
8 with it myself.
9 THE COURT: Thank you.
10 JUROR NO. 4: Juror number four. Some of the
11 platforms that my employer uses are based on Linux operating
12 systems. We interface with it, but we do not use it
13 directly in my specific business unit.
14 THE COURT: Mr. XXXXXXX.
15 JUROR NO. 14: Juror number 14. My familiarity is
16 somewhat in passing. Working in marketing communications
17 with Web development companies, I work closely with ITs, so
18 I do understand some basic differences between Windows and
19 Linux as it relates to Web development.
20 THE COURT: Thank you.
21 JUROR NO. 16: XXXX XXXXXX, number 16. In 2001, I
22 built a new computer and used Linux.
23 THE COURT: Thank you.
24 JUROR NO. 20: Juror number 20. I know what I’ve
25 read in computer enthusiasts publications. I tried building
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1 a computer based on Linux. It didn’t work very well, so I
2 went back to Windows.
3 THE COURT: Thank you.
4 JUROR NO. 21: Juror 21, I have done some pearl
5 scripting in Linux.
6 THE COURT: You’ve done some what?
7 JUROR NO. 21: Pearl scripting. It’s a program
8 language primarily on Linux.
9 JUROR NO. 26: Juror number 26. I personally do
10 not know a lot about Linux, but by husband and my sons do.
11 We have approximately ten to 15 computers in our home, half
12 of which are Linux based and half of which are Windows
13 based, or others. I look at my book shelves and I see
14 Linux, Linux, Linux.
15 THE COURT: Thank you.
16 JUROR NO. 27: Juror number 27. Both of my
17 parents use Linux a lot, but they are working engineers.
18 THE COURT: You don’t have any personal
19 familiarity with it, though?
20 JUROR NO. 27: No.
21 JUROR NO. 28: Juror number 28. I have used
22 multiple Linux programs in my field. I haven’t currently
23 used them for probably the past five or six years.
24 THE COURT: All right. Thank you.
25 JUROR NO. 41: Juror 41. I have both used and
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1 built software for Linux distributions over the past 15
2 years.
3 THE COURT: Thank you.
4 JUROR NO. 44: Juror 44. I’ve heard of it in
5 passing. Just that it’s another option besides Windows. I
6 thought it was a free operating system.
7 THE COURT: Thank you.
8 JUROR NO. 46: Juror 46. I haven’t personally
9 used it, but I have a lot of friends who are big fans of
10 Linux.
11 THE COURT: Thank you.

Jury-candidates who stood were: 46, 44, 41, 28, 27, 26, 21, 20, 16, 14, 4, and 3

Jury-candidates who had used GNU/Linux were: 41, 28, 21, 20, and 16

So, 12 out of 52 (23%) stood indicating they new of GNU/Linux.

5 out of 52 (9.6%) stood and indicated they had used GNU/Linux.

That’s way more than 1%, people."