SCO, Linux and Rob Enderle: A Conclusion

Rob Enderle has posted a final analysis of his involvement in the SCO fiasco.  Unlike Dan Lyons, he's not apologizing.  Let me first say that I think anyone sending death threats is absolutely deplorable.  He never goes into details about specifics, but if it did indeed happen (and I have no reason to think he's lying) then I can see why he was upset.  However, using the asinine behavior of a single person to paint the Open Source community as "criminals" and then assuming that since they are criminals that SCOX must have a case is not only disingenuous, but seems a bit unprofessional for an analyst.  I'm sure Rob is not a bad guy.  What he writes in the linked article seems very genuine and I do thank him for that.  Hopefully any analysis he does on Open Source or Linux moving forward can be based on facts and data.  Hopefully then we can all get along.

--jeremy