This will end, either because SCO runs out of money, or IBM wins the case outright. Then, IBM sues SCO for what remains of their assets. Given the amount of money IBM has spent already, there is no way that SCO will be able to pay the damages that will be awarded to IBM.
Rather then forcing SCO into bankruptcy,IBM purchases SCO for pennies on the dollar. IBM now owns all licenses for unix, which given IBM's current stance means that unix is now effectively open source. The software karma is now balanced.
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This will end, either because SCO runs out of money, or IBM wins the case outright. Then, IBM sues SCO for what remains of their assets. Given the amount of money IBM has spent already, there is no way that SCO will be able to pay the damages that will be awarded to IBM.
Rather then forcing SCO into bankruptcy,IBM purchases SCO for pennies on the dollar. IBM now owns all licenses for unix, which given IBM's current stance means that unix is now effectively open source. The software karma is now balanced.