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.

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...

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