Is it - over?

I don't particularly like the ending either, but we need to remember that ALL of the Linux claims have been dismissed, and the only remaining claim (Unfair Competition) is/was a purely SCO/IBM issue having to do with Monterey and AIX.

Back when Caldera bought the Unix assets from Santa Cruz, Ransom Love (CEO of Caldera) made a big deal of acquiring Santa Cruz's rights in Monterey. Why? Because it gave Caldera something important that it lacked at the time. CREDIBILITY.  Ransom wrote a long article about his time at Caldera and his views on Linux, Caldera's business model, why partnering with IBM was important to Caldera, and his take on the SCO-IBM lawsuit.  Here's one of many chapters, probably the most relevant:

 Ransom Love on SCO Lawsuit 

The whole Monterey saga is too long to recount here, but there were broken promises made by both IBM and Santa Cruz, so the question of who owed whom in the end and how much is one of those questions with no definitive answer.  I could easily make the case that $14.25 million is a bargain for IBM, and that most of it should actually go to Novell (or whoever owns the dregs of what is left of that company) but it would all be marketing spin.

Time to move on.  It is unclear what the Xinuos lawsuit is about.  Darl McBride has his fingers in it, but who else is involved?  Will the SCO-IBM settlement play a part in getting the copyright claim dismissed?  Who knows?

Nice timing, sk43999 . My Pacer statement JUST came in and I was about to go check that myself.

I wonder if PJ still has that red dress, and whether it's time for it yet. PJ, if you're listening, I hope you're doing well.

Woof.  Almost 20 years later.  I REALLY hope the Xinuos proceedings don't take that long.

Thanks, sk43999.