SCO's "Least Supported Idea Yet"

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Unsurprisingly, all of SCO's creditors have objected to the plan to reimburse York for the failed 'emergency' deal. Novell's tiny seven page objection (PDF) is hilarious and very readable. They don't hold back at all, saying that 'all that happened is that the Debtors spent money needlessly on a proceeding that was, to all intents and purposes, stillborn had it not been for the stubbornness of the Debtors' management and the avarice of York,' and that it was 'another really bad deal they have chased in ceaseless pursuit of their dreams of a litigation bonanza.' They top it off by concluding with the line, 'for the reasons explained above, the Court should deny the Motion as the Debtors' worst and least supported idea yet in these cases.' One can only wonder how SCO will respond to this."

Re:What's Left?

[geekoid]

No, letting people have an appeal is critical to a good legal system, the fact that an occasional SOB misuses it is far better then not having it.

Most rational people would have stopped by now; which indicates to me that either Darl is:
A) Crazy
B) In a panic
C) Has an undisclosed motivator for going forward
D) Two of the above.
E) All of the above.

A company filing bankruptcy helps get it's creditors paid. Usually in hope of continuing. It does work.

Re:150,000K

[Trigun]

What they're trying to do is grab as much as possible on the way out. If I were Novell, I would have the court appoint an independent auditor to go in, and inventory everything; The computers, keyboards, mice, chairs, desks, carpeting, the fucking complimentary snacks in the employee lounge fridge. Everything! I would want to know how many staples were left in each stapler, every single pen, post-it notes sitting on the desks, used file folders, paper in the photocopier, and anything else I can think of.

That's how you play hard-ball while still coming across as the nice guy who just wants to protect your own interests. If they object to how unreasonable it is, you just tell the judge that you wanted it to be thorough, but left it up to the auditors discretion, and have a clause where you pay a bonus for work done in a timely manner. That's the auditor's hush money, and you just debate what timely means afterward.

Re:kill -9

[mikeee]

I've had Basilisk processes!

Anything that opened /proc/[procid] would freeze. As you might guess, this was a huge PITA.