What happens when a company goes bankrupt? Sometimes they fade away gracefully and leave only memories. Sometimes aggressive banking solutions pump needed money in and, like a phoenix, the company is reborn, better than ever. Sometimes, like in the case of The SCO Group "a company known more for the lawsuits it files than the products it makes" (Robert Mullins), they turn to lawyers to grasp at every straw trying to suck blood from any successful corporation they every had contact with. Enter Darl McBride, CEO of The SCO Group...

Follow up:

For years now, SCO has been claiming that Linux is an illegal derivative of UNIX code and that SCO owns the UNIX code in contention. They tried to sue IBM in 2003 for $1 billion. Our good friends, Microsoft, even tried to get involved, suggesting corporations that used Linux might be held liable for license violations. We all know how much Microsoft loves to scare people into paying for products rather than entice them through true brand loyalty.

SCO tried to sue DaimlerChrysler for modifying UNIX code they bought from AT&T. They tried to sue AutoZone for switching to Linux from SCO's OpenServer. They sued Novell in 2007, alleging again that they owned the universe relating to UNIX. Novell won the suit and stated afterwards "(we) have no interest in suing people over Unix and stated 'We don't believe there is Unix in Linux'"

It seemed that SCO was destined for the junkyard of unmemorable companies that no one would miss. Unfortunately, the 2007 ruling for Novell has just been overturned (8/24/09). Darl McBride, empowered by this victory stated that this was a validation of SCO and would allow him to continue his lawsuits against Novell and IBM. Well bully for you Darl. Rather than letting productive companies work to make the world a better place we have SCO working to tear it down. It's nice to know that we have a legal system that can empower parasites to continue their life cycle of frivolous lawsuits.

Parasite: that which exploits something else for existence or support without making a useful or adequate return, a classic example being the tapeworm.

Grats Darl McBride, you are now Jackrabbitscrewball's Parasite of the Year.