How SCO orchestrated attacks on Groklaw and other takes on the trial against Novell

Novell tried to calm down potential critics ahead of the major and controversial news

SCO and Novell have filed the most documents -- 16 filings, plus exhibits -- we've ever had in a single day. That only happens when I say I need to go to the beach. But one of the nicest things happened. Novell has responded [PDF] to SCO's slur against Groklaw

Well, here we go again. Novell now accuses SCO of trying to smuggle in some evidence and expert reports after the deadline in the Novell case too. That gives you the tone in this extraordinary filing, Novell's Evidentiary Objections to SCO's Exhibits Submitted in Support of its Summary Judgment Oppositions Filed May 18, 2007 [PDF].

We finally have the transcript from the court for the January 23, 2007 hearing in SCO v. Novell. This is the hearing on Novell's motion about the money, on the question of whether SCO owes Novell for the money it took in from Sun and Microsoft in 2003, or as I call it Novell's "give us our money before it's all gone" motion. SCO also filed a Cross Motion, also heard that day

The ACCC is decommissioning Novell. NOVELL relies heavily on its legacy systems (for profit and network effect), so in order for a boycott of Novell to be effective, more stories like this one will be required.

By now, you have probably read that the court has ruled in Novell's favor in the SCO case. My sentiments toward Novell aside, this ruling goes beyond merely acknowledging Novell's rights; it pretty much exonerates the GNU/Linux community and Linux kernel developers.

Novell has announced an agreement with Microsoft to settle potential antitrust litigation related to Novell’s NetWare operating system in exchange for $536 million in cash.

Novell is "acting as a lap-dog and providing Microsoft with good PR while simultaneously dividing and hurting the FLOSS community," argues The Source, which sees no substantial future for Novell's projects