I enjoyed an upbeat dinner with Red Hat CEO Matthew Suzlik, Red Hat execs, InfoWorld’s new EIC Steve Fox, and 15 of my closest media competitors last night at San Francisco’s Kokkari Estiatorio (the lamb was amazing).Suzlik kicked off the night with a short speech, making reference to the day’s events and how we’d all look back on this dinner as a celebration of when Red Hat – the “Linux leader” – stood up for the Linux community and its customers. Red Hat’s VP Channel Sales and Development Michael Evans was feeling creative and used Bugs Life as his analogy: “It feels to me like it’s the army of the ants rising up (against the grasshoppers).” At that point a few ideas became clear:– Red Hat is faster than IBM at recognizing it can turn SCO’s enterprise user licensing threat into a positive PR story.– Linux legal theater has saved us from a summer that’s not delivered too much compelling technology news. – SCO has no friends, anywhere.– Red Hat wants to be known as the “Linux leader.” Suzlik made the same comment twice in one day. The first time at the end of this story. If legal vigor is the yard stick for leadership, I’d argue that SCO’s still winning (for now). Technology Industry