This is only of any real interest if you know who both IBM and SCO are, and why the latter is sueing the former.
There’s a great article about the latest developments at ZDNet.
SCO’s biggest problem is Darl McBride’s mouth. Every time the man breathes out, the sparks of controversy burst into flame. He and his cronies have been cruising the world in search of soapboxes from which to shrilly preach their fundamentalist stance; that SCO begat Unix and Unix begat Linux and by golly it’s time to honor thy grandfather. Normally, supporting your company in public is a perfectly respectable pastime, but when you’re trying to build a house of cards, the last thing you should do is blow hard and wave your hands like a madman.
Fantastic. In other news, IBM subpoenas virtually everyone.
I reckon this only has a few more months in it… Which is a shame, because it’s been causing us huge amounts of mirth in the office.