TechNewsWorld: SCO vs. IBM: The Other Reality

“The other day I was asked what the odds were that SCO would win
against IBM. On the basis of how the two parties were behaving, I
offered a range of between 55 and 65 percent. I’ve spent a lot of
my life watching litigation, and I believe that you can better tell
the outcome by trying to determine what the parties believe and how
believable they are than if you just try to dig through their
rhetoric.

“The pleadings generally amount to incredibly detailed ‘they did
this, they did that’ kinds of arguments, and it becomes difficult
to call a winner until you actually see what shows up in court and
how the judge and jury react. SCO and its legal team continue to
bet the farm that they will win, and IBM appears to be trying to
limit its risk. Also, IBM doesn’t have complete control of its own
side, especially with a massive amount of well-wishers who might
actually be making it more difficult for IBM to win. For example,
who do you think really benefits from a denial-of-service attack on
SCO…?”

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