Linked by Roberto J. Dohnert on Tue 10th Jun 2003 01:06 UTC
On March 7th 2003, the SCO Group filed a lawsuit against IBM for misappropriation of tradesecrets and contractual agreements. The scope of SCOs complaint is that IBM introduced parts of Unix System V and Project Monterey into the Linux kernel. Project Monterey was a effort to port IBM's AIX 5L onto the Intel Itanium platform, IBM withdrew from that project for reasons unknown according to the press, I believe that it was because the Itanium is a bomb. 
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Oh God no! If SCO is bought out, the rat bastards behind this shakedown (whether they're telling the truth or not, it's a shakedown) will get rich, because they own stock.
Small companies about to die will learn "the SCO tactic" and starting suing because they'll bank on getting purchased. They'll rig their own stock.
No, a buyout is NOT an option. Only them riding this out and hoping for settlement or winning can be a positive for them. Eventually, they'll either run out of money or get slapped with every injuction IBM's suits can muster.
PLEASE IBM, do NOT buy SCO. The last thing I'd want to see is Darl McBride making even one penny off this bullshit fiasco. I hope he loses every ounce of credibility and value and becomes an old punchline in the tech world.