The seemingly never-ending saga of SCO versus Linux may finally have come to an end. SCO’s Darl McBride who spearheaded the effort has declared bankruptsy. If you’re too young to remember those days, it’s hard to comprehend how much the tech industry obsessed over the matter. One company that capitulated to the extortion became an instant pariah in tech circles. Groklaw, the famous Web site the controversy spawned, is still online if you want to revisit those days.
Of course, schadenfreude is always premature when it comes to this story. Just two and a half years ago the suit rose, phoenix-like, from the dead years after everyone thought the matter was settled. At this point, I’d be distressed but not surprised if the suit outlived me.