Last year we talked about SCO Group, and their CEO Darl McBride. SCO has been involved in multiple frivolous lawsuits intended to generate revenue for a corporation that has little else going for it. SCO's ongoing attempts to suck money from worthwhile corporations while wallowing in the death throes of bankruptcy have continued unabated. Well this may all be over with now, as SCO's current legal attempt for validation is over, victory: Novell

I may have been a little harsh last year when I said "we have a legal system that can empower parasites to continue their life cycle of frivolous lawsuits." Well, alright, we do have such an empowering legal system, but I will grant that that is the price we pay for a system that allows anyone their day in court. Ultimately, justice comes down to a human decision and every judge or jury can only do their best.

Today, and in the case of SCO and Darl McBride, justice was served. Hopefully this will be the last we hear about SCO Group until their bankruptcy obituary is posted on the back pages of the Wall Street Journal. We can now return to important issues like the human suffering caused by hot coffee, Google maps, and women falling asleep on airplanes.

Today we're going to talk about frivolity. Merriam Webster defines frivolous as:

1 a : of little weight or importance b : having no sound basis (as in fact or law) [a frivolous lawsuit]
2 a : lacking in seriousness b : marked by unbecoming levity

Basically, something that is not important, not serious, or without basis. Most if not all things are relative, and measures of importance certainly belong to the category of relative things. What I have for lunch today may be important to me, but I'm sure it doesn't qualify as important to you.

This week is the week of frivolous lawsuits.

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