Published at LXer:

Here is Judge Brooke Wells's Order as text. 39 pages and 128 footnotes! Why? I can't read the judge's mind, of course, but my best guess is she is indicating to SCO not to bother to appeal this order. And if they do, she has provided her reasons -- with specificity, one might even say, sufficient to uphold her decision. You can follow along with the references on Groklaw's IBM Timeline page, where the docket numbers are provided. [Yippee! This is the smack-down SCOG has deserved from the beginning. You can almost hear Judge Wells sizzling and simmering as she dots every 'i' and crosses every 't'. -- grouch]

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