

SCO, of course, is asking [PDF] the judge in U.S. District Court in Utah to reconsider his order denying SCO's request to reopen its case against IBM. You knew they would: SCO submits that reconsideration is appropriate because the Bankruptcy Court overseeing SCOs bankruptcy proceedings lifted the stay of IBMs counterclaims in February 2012 and IBM agreed to the reopening of the case should that stay be lifted. The Bankruptcy Court order lifting the stay was previously submitted to the Court with SCOs Request to Submit for Decision, on June 14, 2012. (Exs. A and B.) Accordingly, SCO respectfully asks the Court to reconsider its decision and grant the Motion to Reopen the Case forthwith. They are right about the Bankruptcy Court lifting the stay. So unless the judge is much more clever than I am, which is likely actually, I suspect he'll have to grant the motion to reopen, and then we'll see IBM make its moves. But of course, SCO wants more.



Here's what else SCO wants: Should the Court grant the Motion, SCO respectfully submits that the Court would benefit from oral argument on the unresolved summary judgment motions and respectfully requests that the Court schedule such argument. In addition, insofar as the Court would benefit from supplemental briefing regarding any changes in the law relevant to the unresolved summary judgment motions, SCO remains prepared to provide such briefing at the Courts direction. The very last thing in the world that SCO wants is to have to rely on the record so far. As is SCO's wont, it would like to try to go after IBM's money in some new and creative way. I don't think it can possibly have any impact on Linux, but with SCO, you never know for sure what they'll come up with, so I keep my eyes open. The filings: 05/07/2013 - 1110 - MOTION for Reconsideration of the Court's Order Denying Motion to Reopen the Case re 1109 Order on Motion to Reopen Case, Order on Motion for Hearing, Memorandum Decision and Memorandum in Support filed by Plaintiff SCO Group, Counter Defendant SCO Group. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C)(Hatch, Brent) (Entered: 05/07/2013)