SCO: I get it now

Until just now, I couldn't fathom why Judge Wells continues to put up with SCO. Their ploy is obvious; doesn't she get it?

Ah, but she does. She is stringing them along very much on purpose. We all know that SCO will lose this case. We all know that SCO will appeal, and so does the judge. At least, they will try to appeal. SCO will continue to try to win until it cannot convince its lawyers that they will be paid.

Wells' handling of the case will be picked apart in an appeal, so she is dotting every i and crossing every t and giving SCO the benefit of the doubt wherever she can. Before the case gets to appeals, SCO won't have any lawyers left because the smart ones will know that the ruling will stand. Therefore SCO will go belly-up, and nobody gets paid.

Plus, for whatever reason, IBM feels like spending the money to slowly grind SCO into the dirt. Wells is letting them, which is good because IBM is probably the only company with the resources to stay in the game.