Groklaw: Novell Sends a Letter to Judge Kimball

“Here’s something a little different. Novell has sent a letter
to Judge Dale Kimball, with a suggestion. The suggestion is that he
not decide which case should go first, SCO v. Novell or SCO v. IBM,
until after dispositive motions are decided in both cases.

“Novell’s letter shows what prompted it–SCO and IBM have sent
two letters to the judge, one on October 27 and another on October
31, both about trial timing. We don’t have those letters, but it
seems SCO has done a 180 and is now asking the court to *advance*
the Novell trial date, which Novell points out is ‘diametrically
opposed to their relief SCO just sought and was in part
granted…'”

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