Soon a huge volcanic crater...

[mdlbear]

... will be all that's left of SCO.
-- (from "High Barratry", on Coffee, Computers, & Song)

The first stage in the formation of a caldera is a gigantic volcanic eruption that empties the magma chamber, which subsequently collapses. Now that SCO has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, we're starting to see the eruption

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[technoshaman]

The soprano is warming up.No she's not. I could hear her if she was

[mdlbear]

A lot depends on whether Novell succeeds in blocking the bankruptcy proceedings, or at least in convincing the judge that SCO's assets can't be properly valued without determining how much of their cash on hand was actually stolen from Novell. SCO might have waited a little too long on that one: Novell already has the judgment.

Meanwhile, somebody is certainly preparing a criminal case or three. We're definitely somewhere around Act V, Scene 2; I'm not too clear on whether cflute comes in after the buzzards' chorus, or before.

[technoshaman]

*nods* Perhaps it was that Novell's board realized it was too late to save the Titanic...

Of course, the Chapter 11 filing is a blatant attempt to confuse things further (and perhaps give the principals time to run now that the inevitable is occurring); SCO at this point has no intangible assets that are worth anything, and the company is patently not viable. The question is, how many of SCO's base are belong to Novell, and what's left for the vultures.

According to the directions of the original Ring Cycle, the chorus of the Rhinemaidens comes after the soprano aria...

Guess I better get cflute some Throat Coat, eh?

[mdlbear]

Oh, right -- the gold eventually gets back to where it belongs, doesn't it? Seems appropriate... Definitely time for Throat Coat.

SCO is clearly just trying to delay the inevitable; they even admit it in the bankruptcy filing. Tuesday's going to be fascinating.