ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup--SCO Goes Back to the IP Future

"At this point in the alternate narrative we never got around to writing, Davey McBird is standing on the steps of small claims court with little birds and planets circling his head; he screws up his dignity (like a Mike Royko character, who always had a sort of tragic dignity, even at his most wrong) and wags a finger under our noses, exclaiming, 'but still!'

"Which is exactly what we got from SCO spokesman Blake Stowell who, internetnews.com reports, 'said the ruling wasn't unexpected and leaves the door open for the company's lawyers to look into why it took so long for DaimlerChrysler to send the certification letter.'

"Kind of like Ahab with the whole 'for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee' business. Or Davey McBird waggling his imaginary finger and saying 'But still...!'"

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